From e96cd5abe2a318994e1e5a8d6ea88b9401c671f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joey <jyapayne@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 10:06:58 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add objprint

Add ability to print (ref) objects/tuples
---
 src/extensions/objprint.nim | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/extensions/objprint.nim

diff --git a/src/extensions/objprint.nim b/src/extensions/objprint.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..099d87d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extensions/objprint.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import strutils
+import typetraits
+
+proc typeToStr[T](some: typedesc[T]): string = name(T)
+
+template tupleObjToStr(obj): string =
+  mixin typeToStr
+  var res = typeToStr(type(obj))
+  template helper(n) {.gensym.} =
+    res.add("(")
+    var firstElement = true
+    for name, value in n.fieldPairs():
+      when compiles(value):
+        if not firstElement:
+          res.add(", ")
+        res.add(name)
+        res.add(": ")
+        when (value is object or value is tuple):
+          when (value is tuple):
+            res.add("tuple " & typeToStr(type(value)))
+          else:
+            res.add(typeToStr(type(value)))
+          helper(value)
+        elif (value is string):
+          res.add("\"" & $value & "\"")
+        else:
+          res.add($value)
+        firstElement = false
+    res.add(")")
+  helper(obj)
+  res
+
+proc `$`*(s: object): string =
+  result = tupleObjToStr(s).replace(":ObjectType", "")
+
+proc `$`*(s: ref object): string =
+  result = "ref " & $s[]
+
+proc `$`*(s: tuple): string =
+  result = tupleObjToStr(s)