[plt-scheme] toString equivalent

Hi Dave,

As far as I know there is no equivalent to toString.  I.e. no method
that the printer will call to display an object.  As you note,
attaching a prop:custom-write property is the way to go about this,
but I don't know how one can attach properties to objects.  Objects
are just structures, so it should be possible, but I don't think the
class system exposes any way to do this.  Perhaps Robby, who I believe
develops the class system, can answer this.

Cheers,
Noel

On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Dave Gurnell <d.j.gurnell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi PLTers,
>
> I want a way to override the default way objects of a certain class get
> printed. Is there any equivalent of Java's toString method in the PLT class
> system? Alternatively, can I attach a prop:custom-write to a class, or is
> there some way of customising the default printer?
>
> Cheers,
>
> -- Dave
>
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