Re: compute from a string the text of a string literal

2024-01-17 Thread Carl Sturtivant via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Wednesday, 17 January 2024 at 18:53:48 UTC, Paul Backus wrote: There's a function that does this in Phobos, but it's `private`. Currently, the only way to access it is by calling `to!string` or `format` on a range that contains the string you want to convert as an element: ```d void main()

Re: compute from a string the text of a string literal

2024-01-17 Thread Paul Backus via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Wednesday, 17 January 2024 at 18:44:14 UTC, Carl Sturtivant wrote: Hello, I'd like a function like this, ``` string image(string s) ``` that maps any string s into the doubly quoted backslash escaped text that would be a string literal for s were it pasted into a program. Perhaps with a seco

compute from a string the text of a string literal

2024-01-17 Thread Carl Sturtivant via Digitalmars-d-learn
Hello, I'd like a function like this, ``` string image(string s) ``` that maps any string s into the doubly quoted backslash escaped text that would be a string literal for s were it pasted into a program. Perhaps with a second parameter with detailed options. Is there something out there I co