Fmt
Module fmt
import fmt
| Module | fmt |
| Source | fmt/io-fmt.zirr, fmt/module-docs.zirr, fmt/print.zirr |
The bridge between a value and its text.
fmt is how a value becomes text. sprint converts anything at all — it prefers the value’s prelude.Printable attribute and falls back to a plain rendering for built-in types — while fprint and fprintln send that text to a writer.
There is no print here on purpose: writing needs somewhere to write to. Pass a writer from os, or use scripts, a separate package pairing these functions with standard output for you.
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Functions
fprint
`fmt/print.zirr:12`
fn fprint(value: @Printable, writer: @io.Writer) -> Int
Writes the string representation of a printable value to a writer.
fprintln
`fmt/print.zirr:18`
fn fprintln(value: @Printable, writer: @io.Writer) -> Int
Writes the string representation of a printable value followed by a newline to a writer.
sprint
`fmt/print.zirr:9`
extern fn sprint(value: Any) -> String
Converts any value to its string representation. Prefers the value’s
@Printable attribute when it has one, otherwise falls back to a trivial
conversion for builtin types (Int, Float, Char, Byte as hex, …).
