some improvements to dump()

JuliaLang · Jun 29, 2011 · f4f9cfa · f4f9cfa
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Showing 1 changed file with 14 additions and 10 deletions.
diff --git a/j/show.j b/j/show.j
@@ -122,17 +122,21 @@ function show(e::UnionTooComplexError)
  show(e.types)
 end
 
-dump(t::Type) = print(t)
-dump(t::Tuple) = print(t)
-
-function dump{T}(x::T)
- print(T,'(')
- for field = T.names
- print(field, '=')
- show(getfield(x, field))
- print(',')
+function dump(x)
+ T = typeof(x)
+ if isa(x,Array)
+ showempty(x)
+ elseif isa(T,StructKind)
+ print(T,'(')
+ for field = T.names
+ print(field, '=')
+ dump(getfield(x, field))
+ print(',')
+ end
+ println(')')
+ else
+ show(x)
  end
- println(')')
 end
 
 showempty{T}(a::Array{T}) = print("Array($T,$(size(a)))")