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How to get simplicity of writefln in Tango

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baxissimo

Joined: 10/23/06

Posts: 24
Posted: 02/12/08 17:12:09
Tango code:
import tango.io.Stdout;
Stdout.formatln("Lucky number is {}", 42);
Can someone fill in the BLANK below so that the two snippets do the same thing?:
import tango.io.Stdout;
fmtln(...) {
   **BLANK**
}
fmtln("Lucky number is {}", 42);
Thanks!

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wyverex

Joined: 02/09/08

Posts: 19
Posted: 02/12/08 22:14:03

Not sure what your looking for... but I typically use Stdout like the following

import tango.io.Stdout; Stdout("Lucky Number is ")(42).newline;
you can also use .flush in place of .newline if you dont want the \n
aarti_pl

Joined: 07/25/06

Posts: 4
Posted: 02/12/08 22:57:57 -- Modified: 02/12/08 22:58:56 by aarti_pl

Well, below should probably work (not tested):
import tango.io.Stdout;
fmtln(T...)(T p) {
   Stdout.formatln(p);
}
keinfarbton

Joined: 12/03/05

Posts: 49
Posted: 02/13/08 00:22:59

the template function above would generate a new instance for each variantion of argument types.

I would suggest something like this:

void fmtln( char[] frm, ...) { Stdout( Stdout.layout.convert( _arguments, _argptr, frm )).newline; }
baxissimo

Joined: 10/23/06

Posts: 24
Posted: 02/13/08 00:31:35
aarti_pl wrote:
Well, below should probably work (not tested):

import tango.io.Stdout; fmtln(T...)(T p) { Stdout.formatln(p); }
Oh yeh, good point Aarti. That should work (if you give it a return type). How about the other way, though, using varargs? (Since that's Stdout.formatln uses in the end anyway). Getting off my lazy duff, here are some working, tested examples.

typeof(Stdout) fmtln(char[] fmt, ...) { Stdout.layout()(&Stdout.sink, _arguments, _argptr, fmt); return Stdout.newline; }
And just for good measure here's a working version that goes the template route:

import tango.io.Stdout; typeof(Stdout) fmtln(T...)(char[] fmt, T p) { return Stdout.formatln(fmt, p); }
I would love for there to be a module with wrapper functions like these so that it is not necessary to repeatedly specify "Stdout" everywhere when writing quick & dirty scripts.