Printing Values: print

Field

Mutable

Type

Explanation

verbose

yes

Bool

Whether printing values includes verbose information on variables. Used for all printing routines.

width

yes

Int

Maximal width used for System.show and System.print (see Chapter 27).

depth

yes

Int

Maximal depth used for System.show and System.print (see Chapter 27).

scientificFloats

yes

Bool

Forces the scientific (with an exponent) representation of floats. By default floats are printed in the decimal notation unless the exponent of the scientific representation is smaller than -4 or larger or equal to the precision (the 'g' conversion by the 'fprintf' function in POSIX.1).

floatPrecision

yes

Int

Number of digits in the representation of floats, 5 by default.


Denys Duchier, Leif Kornstaedt, Martin Homik, Tobias Müller, Christian Schulte and Peter Van Roy
Version 1.4.0 (20080702)