http://50.77.162.165/mediawiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Miranda_printOnMiranda printOn - Revision history2026-05-04T16:05:03ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.15.5-7http://50.77.162.165/mediawiki/index.php?title=Miranda_printOn&diff=2161&oldid=prevKevin Reid at 03:33, 7 August 20112011-08-07T03:33:23Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''__printOn/1''' is a [[Miranda message]] which constitutes E's protocol for turning objects into strings.<br />
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{{instance msgdoc|__printOn|1|<var>out</var> :[[TextWriter]]|[[void]]}}<br />
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{{XXX|Loosen spec to permit non-text-writers}}<br />
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Print a representation of or name for this object on the provided [[TextWriter]].<br />
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The TextWriter is responsible for breaking cycles.<br />
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The Miranda method is:<br />
to __printOn(out) {<br />
out.write("<" + <em>the simple name from this object's FQN</em> + ">")<br />
}<br />
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==Tests==<br />
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{{XXX|Write tests}}<br />
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[[Category:Miranda messages]]</div>Kevin Reid