[erlang-questions] Built-in io:format syntax for printing lists?

[Andrew Pennebaker]

:P

On Friday, March 11, 2016, Jesper Louis Andersen <
jesper.louis.andersen@REDACTED> wrote:

> This looks like common lisp. In CL, ~a is the "print anything" marker:
>
> http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/lw50/CLHS/Body/22_cda.htm
>
> i.e., FORMAT control-strings use ~a for "Aesthetic" printing. Perhaps this
> is messed up with the ~p and ~w Sean mentions.
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 9:40 PM, Sean Cribbs <seancribbs@REDACTED
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','seancribbs@REDACTED');>> wrote:
>
>> I'm pretty sure "~w" or "~p" is what you're looking for. I believe the
>> former will prevent printing the list as a string.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Andrew Pennebaker <
>> andrew.pennebaker@REDACTED
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','andrew.pennebaker@REDACTED');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Could Erlang please offer a builtin way to print lists, e.g. for
>>> debugging purposes?
>>>
>>> Related: I swear there used to be "~a" for printing just about anything,
>>> but it appears to have been removed, no?
>>>
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>>> Cheers,
>>> Andrew
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Cheers,
Andrew
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