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Documentation and output of pretty_print()

• Posted by "Juergen Luethje" <j.lue at gmx.de> Sep 05, 2004
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Hi Rob and all,

I accidently discoverd something concerning pretty_print(), that is
shown by the following code snippet:

include misc.e
atom a

a = power(2,30) - 1     -- 30 bit
pretty_print(1, a, {0,3,1,78,"#%x ('integer')", "#%x ('floating-point
number')"})
a = power(2,30)         -- 31 bit
pretty_print(1, a, {0,3,1,78,"#%x ('integer')", "#%x ('floating-point
number')"})

a) Options #5 and #6 can not only take format strings, but those strings
   can contain additional text, like in printf(). Very nice! This should
   be documented, I certainly had used it before, if I had known it.

b) Integer values > 30 bit seem to be treated as floating-point numbers.
   This is somehow confusing for me. Can this be changed without
   drawbacks?

Regards,
   Juergen

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