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Simple stringification
From: |
Sean McAfee |
Subject: |
Simple stringification |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:36:13 -0800 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (gnu/linux) |
I recently needed a function that stringifies its argument. I wrote my
own:
(defun stringify (arg)
(format "%s" arg))
But then I thought that Emacs probably ought to offer a standalone
function for this. I can't find one, though. The docs for the format
function state that the "%s" format sequence uses princ to print any
object. However, (princ my-object) also prints the stringification of
my-object to the echo area, unless called with an additional argument,
eg. (princ my-object 'identity).
Is there in fact a function that stringifies its single argument, and
does nothing else?
- Simple stringification,
Sean McAfee <=