## `$` is Nim's general way of spelling `toString`:idx:. runnableExamples: assert $0.1 == "0.1" assert $(-2*3) == "-6" import std/private/[digitsutils, miscdollars] when not defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem): import std/formatfloat export addFloat func `$`*(x: float | float32): string = ## Outplace version of `addFloat`. result.addFloat(x) proc `$`*(x: int): string {.raises: [].} = ## Outplace version of `addInt`. result.addInt(x) proc `$`*(x: int64): string {.raises: [].} = ## Outplace version of `addInt`. result.addInt(x) proc `$`*(x: uint64): string {.raises: [].} = ## Outplace version of `addInt`. addInt(result, x) # same as old `ctfeWhitelist` behavior, whether or not this is a good idea. template gen(T) = # xxx simplify this by supporting this in compiler: int{lit} | uint64{lit} | int64{lit} func `$`*(x: T{lit}): string {.compileTime.} = result.addInt(x) gen(int) gen(uint64) gen(int64) proc `$`*(x: bool): string {.magic: "BoolToStr", noSideEffect.} ## The stringify operator for a boolean argument. Returns `x` ## converted to the string "false" or "true". proc `$`*(x: char): string {.magic: "CharToStr", noSideEffect.} ## The stringify operator for a character argument. Returns `x` ## converted to a string. ## ```Nim ## assert $'c' == "c" ## ``` proc `$`*(x: cstring): string {.magic: "CStrToStr", noSideEffect.} ## The stringify operator for a CString argument. Returns `x` ## converted to a string. proc `$`*(x: string): string {.magic: "StrToStr", noSideEffect.} ## The stringify operator for a string argument. Returns `x` ## as it is. This operator is useful for generic code, so ## that `$expr` also works if `expr` is already a string. proc `$`*[Enum: enum](x: Enum): string {.magic: "EnumToStr", noSideEffect.} ## The stringify operator for an enumeration argument. This works for ## any enumeration type thanks to compiler magic. ## ## If a `$` operator for a concrete enumeration is provided, this is ## used instead. (In other words: *Overwriting* is possible.) proc `$`*(t: typedesc): string {.magic: "TypeTrait".} ## Returns the name of the given type. ## ## For more procedures dealing with `typedesc`, see ## `typetraits module `_. ## ## ```Nim ## doAssert $(typeof(42)) == "int" ## doAssert $(typeof("Foo")) == "string" ## static: doAssert $(typeof(@['A', 'B'])) == "seq[char]" ## ``` proc `$`*[T: tuple](x: T): string = ## Generic `$` operator for tuples that is lifted from the components ## of `x`. Example: ## ```Nim ## $(23, 45) == "(23, 45)" ## $(a: 23, b: 45) == "(a: 23, b: 45)" ## $() == "()" ## ``` tupleObjectDollar(result, x) when not defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem): import std/objectdollar export objectdollar proc collectionToString[T](x: T, prefix, separator, suffix: string): string = result = prefix var firstElement = true for value in items(x): if firstElement: firstElement = false else: result.add(separator) when value isnot string and value isnot seq and compiles(value.isNil): # this branch should not be necessary if value.isNil: result.add "nil" else: result.addQuoted(value) else: result.addQuoted(value) result.add(suffix) proc `$`*[T](x: set[T]): string = ## Generic `$` operator for sets that is lifted from the components ## of `x`. Example: ## ```Nim ## ${23, 45} == "{23, 45}" ## ``` collectionToString(x, "{", ", ", "}") proc `$`*[T](x: seq[T]): string = ## Generic `$` operator for seqs that is lifted from the components ## of `x`. Example: ## ```Nim ## $(@[23, 45]) == "@[23, 45]" ## ``` collectionToString(x, "@[", ", ", "]") proc `$`*[T, U](x: HSlice[T, U]): string = ## Generic `$` operator for slices that is lifted from the components ## of `x`. Example: ## ```Nim ## $(1 .. 5) == "1 .. 5" ## ``` result = $x.a result.add(" .. ") result.add($x.b) when not defined(nimNoArrayToString): proc `$`*[T, IDX](x: array[IDX, T]): string = ## Generic `$` operator for arrays that is lifted from the components. collectionToString(x, "[", ", ", "]") proc `$`*[T](x: openArray[T]): string = ## Generic `$` operator for openarrays that is lifted from the components ## of `x`. Example: ## ```Nim ## $(@[23, 45].toOpenArray(0, 1)) == "[23, 45]" ## ``` collectionToString(x, "[", ", ", "]")