--- a/_gcdebug.py	Tue Feb 10 12:18:38 2015 +0100
+++ b/_gcdebug.py	Tue Feb 10 14:37:51 2015 +0100
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@
                 ocounters[key] = 1
         if isinstance(obj, viewreferrersclasses):
             print '   ', obj, referrers(obj, showobjs, maxlevel)
-    return counters, ocounters, gc.garbage
+    garbage = [repr(obj) for obj in gc.garbage]
+    return counters, ocounters, garbage
 
 
 def referrers(obj, showobj=False, maxlevel=1):