Joy of joys, I found it completely by accident while looking for something completely different in this excellent online ClojureScript book:
https://funcool.github.io/clojurescript-unraveled/#printing For reference (and in case the above link doesn't work for any reason), you need to implement IPrintWithWriter, like thus: IPrintWithWriter (-pr-writer [p writer _] (-write writer (str "#<MyType " ,,, ">"))) on your type. Simply brilliant! On Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 9:11:25 AM UTC+5:30, Outrovurt # wrote: > > If I create a type like this > > (deftype MyType [x] ...) > > is there any way I can control what is displayed at the REPL when I create > a new instance of MyType? > > At present all I see is: > > cljs.user=> (MyType. 1) > #object[cljs.user.MyType] > > It's this "#object[cljs.user.MyType]" which I'd like to customise. I've > checked so much of the documentation and can't find anything which might > let me display something else. > > Thanks. > > -- Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ClojureScript" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/clojurescript/147e222c-150b-434d-b183-05d1b96e17bf%40googlegroups.com.
