purescript question
I wonder if there's an alternative to `Data.Show` in purescript that does /not/ escape strings but /does/ turn other types into strings
like
"meow" -> "meow"
1 -> "1"
instead of
"meow" -> \"meow\"
1 -> "1"
ive been trying to figure it out for so long but no progress so far
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@AgathaSorceress ...I was sure there was such a thing but apparently not
you could probably write such a thing yourself using instance chains
class MyShow a where
myShow :: a -> String
instance stringShow :: MyShow String where
myShow = identity
else instance otherShow :: Show a => MyShow a
myShow = show
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@lambdagrrl hmm ill try that thank you!!
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@lambdagrrl so apparently that works when i directly call myShow
but if i use myShow in a function, it gives me the escaped string anyway
not sure why that's happening... maybe it doesn't check if the type is String
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@AgathaSorceress oh, yeah, if it doesn't know statically that the type is a string then it will call the more generic version
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@AgathaSorceress what's the type of the function you're calling it from?
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@lambdagrrl
forall a. Show a => Int -> String -> Array a -> Array String
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@AgathaSorceress ah yeah, try changing the class constraint from Show to MyShow?
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@lambdagrrl right
i,, forgot about that
it works now, thank you!
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@AgathaSorceress np! happy to help
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@lambdagrrl riiiight,,, im not sure what to do about this