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List:       e-lang
Subject:    Re: [e-lang] Anonymous ObjectExpr miranda printing
From:       "Mark Miller" <erights () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-02-08 3:35:33
Message-ID: fee0a56d0802071935j3bbd9bd2n6475b130f3d2f17f () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Jan 31, 2008 12:58 PM, Kevin Reid <kpreid@mac.com> wrote:
> ? def foo() { return def _ {} }; foo()
> # value: <_>
>
> I seem to recall this used to print as "<...foo$1>", or whatever it
> was the simplifyFQName procedure produced. I can see how this
> presumably got lost in our transition to pattern- rather than FQN-
> bearing ObjectExprs, but is there any reason it isn't a good idea to
> reintroduce it?
>
> In particular, my debugging is often made more difficult by having
> objects print as just <_>.

You are correct. This property was lost accidentally when moving away
from literal object names. It would be good to restore something like
the old behavior.


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    Cheers,
    --MarkM
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