[julia-users] Re: printf macro doesn't accept triple-quoted strings, is this a bug?

[Ivar Nesje]

It seems like it translate to @mstr macrocall

macro dump(ex) 
    dump(ex) 
end

@dump("""hei""")

Expr 
  head: Symbol macrocall
  args: Array(Any,(2,))
    1: Symbol @mstr
    2: ASCIIString "hei"

Ivar


typ: Anykl. 18:31:53 UTC+1 mandag 17. februar 2014 skrev Ismael VC følgende:
>
> julia> color = "red"
> "red"
>
> julia> @printf """yellow
>                   black
>                   %s""" color
> ERROR: first or second argument must be a format string
>
> julia> @printf """yellow
>                   black
>                   %s""" "red"
> ERROR: no method write(ASCIIString, ASCIIString)
>
> julia> @printf """yellow black %s""" "red"
> ERROR: no method write(ASCIIString, ASCIIString)
>
> julia> @printf """yellow black %s""" color
> ERROR: first or second argument must be a format string
>
> julia> @printf "yellow black %s" color
> yellow black red
> julia> @printf "yellow black %s" "red"
> yellow black red
>