digitalmars.D.bugs - [Issue 4527] New: writeln/typeid to use string type names
- d-bugmail puremagic.com (45/45) Jul 28 2010 http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4527
- d-bugmail puremagic.com (13/13) Sep 26 2013 http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4527
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4527 Summary: writeln/typeid to use string type names Product: D Version: D2 Platform: All OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P2 Component: Phobos AssignedTo: nobody puremagic.com ReportedBy: bearophile_hugs eml.cc This is a D2 program: import std.stdio: writeln; void main() { writeln(typeid(string)); writeln(typeid(wstring)); writeln(typeid(dstring)); } I'd like the output of that program to be: string wstring dstring Instead of (dmd 2.047): immutable(char)[] immutable(wchar)[] immutable(dchar)[] "immutable(dchar)[]" is less readable, and dstring is a standard built-in alias in D2. Making them readable is especially important when string types are inside more complex types, to decrease the visual noise a lot. Example: import std.stdio; void main() { wstring[string[dstring]] a; writeln(typeid(typeof(a))); } Prints an unreadable: immutable(wchar)[][const(immutable(char)[])[immutable(dchar)[]]] While this is almost readable still: wstring[string[dstring]] See also bug 3086 -- Configure issuemail: http://d.puremagic.com/issues/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
Jul 28 2010
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4527 Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |andrej.mitrovich gmail.com Component|Phobos |druntime 07:18:41 PDT --- I don't like special-casing, but I do agree the output would be more readable. Perhaps we need to introduce a new function that outputs a more readable string representation. Not sure.. -- Configure issuemail: http://d.puremagic.com/issues/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
Sep 26 2013