On 01/23/2017 12:48 PM, Jon Degenhardt wrote:
On Monday, 23 January 2017 at 08:03:14 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
On 01/22/2017 01:54 PM, Jon Degenhardt wrote:
I've been increasingly using output ranges in my code (the "component
programming" model described in several articles on the D site). It
works very well, except that it would often be more convenient to use
writeln style functions rather than 'put'. Especially when you start by
drafting a sketch of code using writeln functions, then convert it an
output range.
Seems an obvious thing, I'm wondering if I missed something. Are there
ways to use writeln style functions with output ranges?
--Jon
I don't think I understand the question. :)
If you need a variadic put(), then I've come up with the following
mildly tested AllAppender. Just as a reminder, I've also used
std.range.tee that allows tapping into the stream to see what's flying
through:
[snip]
Ali
So I guess the is answer is "no" :)
It's mainly about consistency of the output primitives. Includes
variadic args, formatting, and names of the primitives. I keep finding
myself starting with something like:
void writeLuckyNumber(string name, int luckyNumber)
{
writefln("Hello %s, your lucky number is %d", name, luckyNumber);
}
and then re-factoring it as:
void writeLuckyNumber(OutputRange)
(OutputRange outputStream, string name, int luckyNumber)
if (isOutputRange!(OutputRange, char))
{
import std.format;
outputStream.put(
format("Hello %s, your lucky number is %d\n", name,
luckyNumber));
}
Not bad, but the actual output statements are a bit harder to read,
especially if people reading your code are not familiar with output
ranges. So, what I'm really wondering is if there is built-in way to get
closer to:
outputStream.writefln(...);
that I've overlooked.
--Jon
If it's about formatted output then perhaps formattedWrite?
https://dlang.org/phobos/std_format.html#.formattedWrite
The same function is used with stdout and an Appender:
import std.stdio;
import std.range;
void writeLuckyNumber(OutputRange)
(OutputRange outputStream, string name, int luckyNumber)
if (isOutputRange!(OutputRange, char))
{
import std.format : formattedWrite;
formattedWrite(outputStream, "Hello %s, your lucky number is %d\n",
name, luckyNumber);
}
void main() {
writeLuckyNumber(stdout.lockingTextWriter, "Jon", 42);
auto app = appender!string();
writeLuckyNumber(app, "Jon", 42);
writeln(app.data);
}
Ali
