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    fmt.Print*: reimplement to switch on type first. · d482c163
    Rob Pike authored
    This shortens, simplifies and regularizes the code significantly.
    (Improvements to reflect could make another step.)
    Passes all.bash.
    
    One semantic change occurs: The String() method changes
    behavior. It used to run only for string formats such as %s and %q.
    Instead, it now runs whenever the item has the method and the
    result is then processed by the format as a string. Besides the
    regularization, this has three effects:
    
    	1) width is honored for String() items
    	2) %x works for String() items
    	3) implementations of String that merely recur will recur forever
    
    Regarding point 3, example from the updated documentation:
    	type X int
    	func (x X) String() string { return Sprintf("%d", x) }
    should cast the value before recurring:
    	func (x X) String() string { return Sprintf("%d", int(x)) }
    
    R=rsc
    CC=golang-dev
    https://golang.org/cl/1613045
    d482c163
format.go 8.88 KB