Kevin Reid at 03:33, 7 August 2011

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'''__printOn/1''' is a [[Miranda message]] which constitutes E's protocol for turning objects into strings.

{{instance msgdoc|__printOn|1|<var>out</var> :[[TextWriter]]|[[void]]}}

{{XXX|Loosen spec to permit non-text-writers}}

Print a representation of or name for this object on the provided [[TextWriter]].

The TextWriter is responsible for breaking cycles.

The Miranda method is:
to __printOn(out) {
out.write("<" + <em>the simple name from this object's FQN</em> + ">")
}

==Tests==

{{XXX|Write tests}}

[[Category:Miranda messages]]

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Kevin Reid at 03:33, 7 August 2011