Simplify show

src/abstractblockarray.jl

@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ const AbstractBlockVecOrMat{T} = Union{AbstractBlockMatrix{T}, AbstractBlockVect
 
 block2string(b, s) = string(join(map(string,b), '×'), "-blocked ", Base.dims2string(s))
 Base.summary(a::AbstractBlockArray) = string(block2string(nblocks(a), size(a)), " ", typeof(a))
+_show_typeof(io, a) = show(io, typeof(a))
+function Base.summary(io::IO, a::AbstractBlockArray) 
+    print(io, block2string(nblocks(a), size(a)))
+    print(io, ' ')
+    _show_typeof(io, a)
+end
 Base.similar(block_array::AbstractBlockArray{T}) where {T} = similar(block_array, T)
 Base.IndexStyle(::Type{<:AbstractBlockArray}) = IndexCartesian()
 

src/show.jl

@@ -79,3 +79,12 @@ Base.print_matrix_row(io::IO,
         X::AbstractBlockVecOrMat, A::Vector,
         i::Integer, cols::AbstractVector, sep::AbstractString) =
         _blockarray_print_matrix_row(io, X, A, i, cols, sep)
+
+function _show_typeof(io::IO, a::BlockArray{T,N,Array{Array{T,N},N},BlockSizes{2,Vector{Int}}}) where {T,N}
+    Base.show_type_name(io, typeof(a).name)
+    print(io, '{')
+    show(io, T)
+    print(io, ',')
+    show(io, N)
+    print(io, '}')
+end

test/test_blockarrays.jl

@@ -278,10 +278,10 @@ end
 
 replstrmime(x) = stringmime("text/plain", x)
 @testset "replstring" begin
-    @test replstrmime(BlockArray(collect(reshape(1:16, 4, 4)), [1,3], [2,2])) == "4×4 BlockArray{Int64,2,Array{Array{Int64,2},2},BlockSizes{2,Array{Int64,1}}}:\n 1  5  │   9  13\n ──────┼────────\n 2  6  │  10  14\n 3  7  │  11  15\n 4  8  │  12  16"
+    @test replstrmime(BlockArray(collect(reshape(1:16, 4, 4)), [1,3], [2,2])) == "2×2-blocked 4×4 BlockArray{Int64,2}:\n 1  5  │   9  13\n ──────┼────────\n 2  6  │  10  14\n 3  7  │  11  15\n 4  8  │  12  16"
     design = zeros(Int16,6,9);
     A = BlockArray(design,[6],[4,5])
-    @test replstrmime(A) == "6×9 BlockArray{Int16,2,Array{Array{Int16,2},2},BlockSizes{2,Array{Int64,1}}}:\n 0  0  0  0  │  0  0  0  0  0\n 0  0  0  0  │  0  0  0  0  0\n 0  0  0  0  │  0  0  0  0  0\n 0  0  0  0  │  0  0  0  0  0\n 0  0  0  0  │  0  0  0  0  0\n 0  0  0  0  │  0  0  0  0  0"
+    @test replstrmime(A) == "1×2-blocked 6×9 BlockArray{Int16,2}:\n 0  0  0  0  │  0  0  0  0  0\n 0  0  0  0  │  0  0  0  0  0\n 0  0  0  0  │  0  0  0  0  0\n 0  0  0  0  │  0  0  0  0  0\n 0  0  0  0  │  0  0  0  0  0\n 0  0  0  0  │  0  0  0  0  0"
 end
 
 @testset "AbstractVector{Int} blocks" begin