1 # A couple of variants of 'to-text' that we'll use implicitly in stashes (see
 2 # later layers).
 3 #
 4 # Mu code might specialize them to be smarter, but I don't anticipate any need
 5 # beyond specializing 'to-text' itself.
 6 
 7 # 'shorter' variant of to-text, when you want to enable some sort of trimming
 8 # define it to be identical to 'to-text' by default
 9 def to-text-line x:_elem -> y:text [
10   local-scope
11   load-inputs
12   y <- to-text x
13 ]
14 
15 # variant for arrays (since we can't pass them around otherwise)
16 def array-to-text-line x:&:@:_elem -> y:text [
17   local-scope
18   load-inputs
19   y <- to-text *x
20 ]
21 
22 scenario to-text-line-early-warning-for-static-dispatch [
23   x:text <- to-text-line 34
24   # just ensure there were no errors
25 ]
26 
27 scenario array-to-text-line-early-warning-for-static-dispatch [
28   n:&:@:num <- new number:type, 3
29   x:text <- array-to-text-line n
30   # just ensure there were no errors
31 ]
32 
33 # finally, a specialization for single characters
34 def to-text c:char -> y:text [
35   local-scope
36   load-inputs
37   y <- new character:type, 1/capacity
38   *y <- put-index *y, 0, c
39 ]
40 
41 scenario character-to-text [
42   1:char <- copy 111/o
43   2:text <- to-text 1:char
44   3:@:char <- copy *2:text
45   memory-should-contain [
46   ¦ 3:array:character <- [o]
47   ]
48 ]