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Re: Swift description


  • Subject: Re: Swift description
  • From: Roland King <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 17:51:02 +0800

>
> Note that there is a distinction between "print an object" and "perform string interpolation on an object and print that string".
>
>    print(c)            // I have the lot
>    print("\(c)")       // I have the lot
>    debugPrint(c)       // I am CustomDebugStringConvertible
>    debugPrint("\(c)")  // "I have the lot"
>
> Note that (1) string interpolation prefers the non-debug description when available, and (2) debugPrint() of a String prints the quotes but print() of a String does not.
>
>

red face here - I never realized that print() took anything apart from a String. That was pretty thick of me. Makes more sense now.


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 >Re: Swift description (From: Roland King <email@hidden>)
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 >Re: Swift description (From: Quincey Morris <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Swift description (From: Roland King <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Swift description (From: Greg Parker <email@hidden>)

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