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Add documentation for String#inspect and #dump methods #5682

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92 changes: 48 additions & 44 deletions spec/std/string_spec.cr
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -1440,54 +1440,58 @@ describe "String" do
str.should eq("ooooo")
end

it "dumps" do
"a".dump.should eq("\"a\"")
"\\".dump.should eq("\"\\\\\"")
"\"".dump.should eq("\"\\\"\"")
"\b".dump.should eq("\"\\b\"")
"\e".dump.should eq("\"\\e\"")
"\f".dump.should eq("\"\\f\"")
"\n".dump.should eq("\"\\n\"")
"\r".dump.should eq("\"\\r\"")
"\t".dump.should eq("\"\\t\"")
"\v".dump.should eq("\"\\v\"")
"\#{".dump.should eq("\"\\\#{\"")
"á".dump.should eq("\"\\u00E1\"")
"\u{81}".dump.should eq("\"\\u0081\"")
it "#dump" do
"a".dump.should eq %("a")
"\\".dump.should eq %("\\\\")
"\"".dump.should eq %("\\\"")
"\b".dump.should eq %("\\b")
"\e".dump.should eq %("\\e")
"\f".dump.should eq %("\\f")
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%q and loose the escaping?

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I don't mind changing it, but I'm not sure about the benefit. %() with added backslashes highlights that the resulting string is actually different from the original (\f vs. \\f).

"\n".dump.should eq %("\\n")
"\r".dump.should eq %("\\r")
"\t".dump.should eq %("\\t")
"\v".dump.should eq %("\\v")
"\#{".dump.should eq %("\\\#{")
"á".dump.should eq %("\\u00E1")
"\u{81}".dump.should eq %("\\u0081")
"\u{1F48E}".dump.should eq %("\\u{1F48E}")
end

it "dumps unquoted" do
"a".dump_unquoted.should eq("a")
"\\".dump_unquoted.should eq("\\\\")
"á".dump_unquoted.should eq("\\u00E1")
"\u{81}".dump_unquoted.should eq("\\u0081")
"\u{1F48E}".dump_unquoted.should eq "\\u{1F48E}"
end

it "inspects" do
"a".inspect.should eq("\"a\"")
"\\".inspect.should eq("\"\\\\\"")
"\"".inspect.should eq("\"\\\"\"")
"\b".inspect.should eq("\"\\b\"")
"\e".inspect.should eq("\"\\e\"")
"\f".inspect.should eq("\"\\f\"")
"\n".inspect.should eq("\"\\n\"")
"\r".inspect.should eq("\"\\r\"")
"\t".inspect.should eq("\"\\t\"")
"\v".inspect.should eq("\"\\v\"")
"\#{".inspect.should eq("\"\\\#{\"")
"á".inspect.should eq("\"á\"")
"\u{81}".inspect.should eq("\"\\u0081\"")
"\u{1f48e}".dump.should eq %("\\u{1F48E}")
end

it "#dump_unquoted" do
"a".dump_unquoted.should eq %(a)
"\\".dump_unquoted.should eq %(\\\\)
"á".dump_unquoted.should eq %(\\u00E1)
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ditto

"\u{81}".dump_unquoted.should eq %(\\u0081)
"\u{1F48E}".dump_unquoted.should eq %(\\u{1F48E})
"\u{1f48e}".dump_unquoted.should eq %(\\u{1F48E})
end

it "#inspect" do
"a".inspect.should eq %("a")
"\\".inspect.should eq %("\\\\")
"\"".inspect.should eq %("\\\"")
"\b".inspect.should eq %("\\b")
"\e".inspect.should eq %("\\e")
"\f".inspect.should eq %("\\f")
"\n".inspect.should eq %("\\n")
"\r".inspect.should eq %("\\r")
"\t".inspect.should eq %("\\t")
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ditto

"\v".inspect.should eq %("\\v")
"\#{".inspect.should eq %("\\\#{")
"á".inspect.should eq %("á")
"\u{81}".inspect.should eq %("\\u0081")
"\u{1F48E}".inspect.should eq %("\u{1F48E}")
"\u{1f48e}".inspect.should eq %("\u{1F48E}")
end

it "inspects unquoted" do
"a".inspect_unquoted.should eq("a")
"\\".inspect_unquoted.should eq("\\\\")
"á".inspect_unquoted.should eq("á")
"\u{81}".inspect_unquoted.should eq("\\u0081")
"\u{1F48E}".inspect_unquoted.should eq "\u{1F48E}"
it "#inspect_unquoted" do
"a".inspect_unquoted.should eq %(a)
"\\".inspect_unquoted.should eq %(\\\\)
"á".inspect_unquoted.should eq %(á)
"\u{81}".inspect_unquoted.should eq %(\\u0081)
"\u{1F48E}".inspect_unquoted.should eq %(\u{1F48E})
"\u{1f48e}".inspect_unquoted.should eq %(\u{1F48E})
end

it "does *" do
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77 changes: 55 additions & 22 deletions src/string.cr
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -3829,58 +3829,91 @@ class String
Array.new(bytesize) { |i| to_unsafe[i] }
end

def inspect(io)
# Pretty prints `self` into the given printer.
def pretty_print(pp : PrettyPrint) : Nil
pp.text(inspect)
end

# Returns a representation of `self` using character escapes for special characters and wrapped in quotes.
#
# ```
# "\u{1f48e} - à la carte\n".inspect # => %("\u{1E48E} - à la carte\\n")
# ```
def inspect : String
super
end

# Appends `self` to the given `IO` object using character escapes for special characters and wrapped in double quotes.
def inspect(io : IO) : Nil
dump_or_inspect(io) do |char, error|
inspect_char(char, error, io)
end
end

def pretty_print(pp)
pp.text(inspect)
end

def inspect_unquoted
# Returns a representation of `self` using character escapes for special characters but not wrapped in quotes.
#
# ```
# "\u{1f48e} - à la carte\n".inspect_unquoted # => %(\u{1E48E} - à la carte\\n)
# ```
def inspect_unquoted : String
String.build do |io|
inspect_unquoted(io)
end
end

def inspect_unquoted(io)
# Appends `self` to the given `IO` object using character escapes for special characters but not wrapped in quotes.
def inspect_unquoted(io : IO) : Nil
dump_or_inspect_unquoted(io) do |char, error|
inspect_char(char, error, io)
end
end

def dump
# Returns a representation of `self` using character escapes for special characters
# and and non-ascii characters (unicode codepoints > 128), wrapped in quotes.
#
# ```
# "\u{1f48e} - à la carte\n".dump # => %("\\u1f48e - \\u00e0 la carte\\n")
# ```
def dump : String
String.build do |io|
dump io
end
end

def dump(io)
# Appends `self` to the given `IO` object using character escapes for special characters
# and and non-ascii characters (unicode codepoints > 128), wrapped in quotes.
def dump(io : IO) : Nil
dump_or_inspect(io) do |char, error|
dump_char(char, error, io)
end
end

def dump_unquoted
# Returns a representation of `self` using character escapes for special characters
# and and non-ascii characters (unicode codepoints > 128), but not wrapped in quotes.
#
# ```
# "\u{1f48e} - à la carte\n".dump_unquoted # => %(\\u1f48e - \\u00e0 la carte\\n)
# ```
def dump_unquoted : String
String.build do |io|
dump_unquoted(io)
end
end

def dump_unquoted(io)
# Appends `self` to the given `IO` object using character escapes for special characters
# and and non-ascii characters (unicode codepoints > 128), but not wrapped in quotes.
def dump_unquoted(io : IO) : Nil
dump_or_inspect_unquoted(io) do |char, error|
dump_char(char, error, io)
end
end

private def dump_or_inspect(io)
io << "\""
io << '"'
dump_or_inspect_unquoted(io) do |char, error|
yield char, error
end
io << "\""
io << '"'
end

private def dump_or_inspect_unquoted(io)
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end

private def dump_char(char, error, io)
dump_or_inspect_char(char, error, io) do
dump_or_inspect_char char, error, io do
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I really dislike people making pointless style changes which inflate diffs.

It's just as bad as people making pointless comments on PRs about style.

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I wouldn't make that randomly. Just six lines above in an almost identical method defintion was literally the exact same line with different formatting. That felt too odd, really.

char.ascii_control? || char.ord >= 0x80
end
end
Expand All @@ -3942,20 +3975,20 @@ class String
end
end

private def dump_hex(error, io)
private def dump_hex(char, io)
io << "\\x"
io << "0" if error < 16
error.to_s(16, io, upcase: true)
io << '0' if char < 0x0F
char.to_s(16, io, upcase: true)
end

private def dump_unicode(char, io)
io << "\\u"
io << '{' if char.ord > 65535
io << "0" if char.ord < 4096
io << "0" if char.ord < 256
io << "0" if char.ord < 16
io << '{' if char.ord > 0xFFFF
io << '0' if char.ord < 0x1000
io << '0' if char.ord < 0x0100
io << '0' if char.ord < 0x0010
char.ord.to_s(16, io, upcase: true)
io << '}' if char.ord > 65535
io << '}' if char.ord > 0xFFFF
end

def starts_with?(str : String)
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