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| From: | Lukasz Lew <ll189417@z...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Does this function exist? |
> ll> Hello Is there in OCaml a function ['a -> ()] which would > ll> print striong representation of first arument on stdout, just > ll> like OcamlTop does? > > ll> print [3; 3];; > > ll> should print: "- : int list = [3; 3]" > > ll> It would be very usefull for debugging. Lukasz Lew > > It would be, but I don't believe that it's really possible--you need > type information in order to determine what to display, and that > information is not available at runtime. If you know the type of what > you're printing, you can always use printf. OK, so I want just "[3; 3]", (no type information), I can use printf, but it isn't very easy to write when you have i.e. list of pairs of lists. And i believe that there is unversal ``print''. Can you help? Lukasz Lew ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners