#printStringLimitedTo:

> On Sat, 2015-07-18 at 21:33 -0700, Ken.Dickey wrote:
>> I find it kind of odd that #printStringLimitedTo: takes the prefix of a
>> too-long string and adds '...etc...', which itself is 9 characters.
>>
>> I think a shorter addition would make more sense.  After all, the string
>> is already too long, right?
>>
>> I like '[..]' , which is only four characters.
>>
>> Would anyone else like to weigh in on this?  Other options?
>
> I agree that the current suffix is long-ish and like your [..] idea as
> that's unlikely to appear in the majority of strings but would still
> convey the information.
>
>> -KenD
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> Ken you ask about other options
>
> one would be to have a method
>
>
> #printStringLimitedTo:suffix:
>
> so that people can have their own suffix.
>
> Might be better in a multilingual environment.
>
> However  '...etc...' is pretty general.
>
> No objection if it stays as is.
>
> --HH
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> On 7/19/15, Phil (list)<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>> On Sat, 2015-07-18 at 21:33 -0700, Ken.Dickey wrote:
>>> I find it kind of odd that #printStringLimitedTo: takes the prefix of a
>>> too-long string and adds '...etc...', which itself is 9 characters.
>>>
>>> I think a shorter addition would make more sense.  After all, the string
>>> is already too long, right?
>>>
>>> I like '[..]' , which is only four characters.
>>>
>>> Would anyone else like to weigh in on this?  Other options?
>> I agree that the current suffix is long-ish and like your [..] idea as
>> that's unlikely to appear in the majority of strings but would still
>> convey the information.
>>
>>> -KenD
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