Introducing the PRINT statement

[Thomas.Schneider.Wien]

  PRINT a,b,c,d,e

will print the variables denoted in a *formatted* printout.

To make it formatted, all the print-outs are queued (in Core) and a proper
column width is detected. This might be, usually, the max. length of
all members of a column, unless the total width of the printout extends
the  glbal available maximum width. When this is the case, the text columns
are word-wrapped as necessary.

With PRINT, any column is headed by the HEAD defined. When NO head is
defined, the variables Name (or the most significant Name of the
PROPERTY used) is used as the heading.

Thus, a formatted print is produced anyway.

The PRINT may be designated to a FILE, using the syntax

PRINT a,b,c,d TO file

When no file is given, the PRINTOUT goes to the CONSOLE.

When a preceeding TITLE or FOOTING has been used,
those will be used as well..

Any Objections ?

Tom.

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[Jeff Hennick]

  When necessary, use a HTML TABLE row.  A simple subroutine can be
written to do this.  In the program this only needs (...) added to what
you have, plus a final "put it out"-command that wraps it in the
TABLE-tags.  Put it in a reusable package if you want, or do it on the
fly.  Do NOT add any unnecessary thing to the language.

Jeff Hennick

On 9/24/2010 6:19 PM, Thomas Schneider wrote:

>  PRINT a,b,c,d,e
>
> will print the variables denoted in a *formatted* printout.
>
> To make it formatted, all the print-outs are queued (in Core) and a
> proper
> column width is detected. This might be, usually, the max. length of
> all members of a column, unless the total width of the printout extends
> the  glbal available maximum width. When this is the case, the text
> columns
> are word-wrapped as necessary.
>
> With PRINT, any column is headed by the HEAD defined. When NO head is
> defined, the variables Name (or the most significant Name of the
> PROPERTY used) is used as the heading.
>
> Thus, a formatted print is produced anyway.
>
> The PRINT may be designated to a FILE, using the syntax
>
> PRINT a,b,c,d TO file
>
> When no file is given, the PRINTOUT goes to the CONSOLE.
>
> When a preceeding TITLE or FOOTING has been used,
> those will be used as well..
>
> Any Objections ?
>
> Tom.
>

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[David Requena]

Thomas,

It seems to me that your show/labels/print proposals are targeted to debugging and somewhat already present in the language by means of TRACE.

It seems to me also that these might be implemented as functions better than polluting the core language. Certainly some bit of evil reflection could be needed at some places but, then, that could be an acceptable compromise in a piece of infrastructure like this.


El 25/09/2010 0:19, Thomas Schneider escribió:

 PRINT a,b,c,d,e

will print the variables denoted in a *formatted* printout.

To make it formatted, all the print-outs are queued (in Core) and a proper
column width is detected. This might be, usually, the max. length of
all members of a column, unless the total width of the printout extends
the  glbal available maximum width. When this is the case, the text columns
are word-wrapped as necessary.

With PRINT, any column is headed by the HEAD defined. When NO head is defined, the variables Name (or the most significant Name of the PROPERTY used) is used as the heading.

Thus, a formatted print is produced anyway.

The PRINT may be designated to a FILE, using the syntax

PRINT a,b,c,d TO file

When no file is given, the PRINTOUT goes to the CONSOLE.

When a preceeding TITLE or FOOTING has been used,
those will be used as well..

Any Objections ?

Tom.

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