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Re: Documentation and output of pretty_print()

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Sep 05, 2004
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Juergen Luethje wrote:
> I accidently discoverd something concerning pretty_print(), that is
> shown by the following code snippet:
> 
> }}}
<eucode>
> 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')"})
> </eucode>
{{{

> 
> 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.

I'll mention that in the docs. Thanks.
 
> 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?

I simply test for integer(). I don't want set up a third
category for integer values in the 32-bit range.
pretty_print() will never do everything that everyone wants.
Feel free to modify it.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com