Comments on: Coding: Using ‘ToString’ http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/02/26/coding-using-tostring/ Thoughts on Software Development Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrei Rinea http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/02/26/coding-using-tostring/comment-page-1/#comment-37472 Andrei Rinea Fri, 21 May 2010 20:52:51 +0000 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/?p=978#comment-37472 For debugging the most normal choice would be DebuggerDisplayAttribute : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.debuggerdisplayattribute.aspx For debugging the most normal choice would be DebuggerDisplayAttribute : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.debuggerdisplayattribute.aspx

]]> By: Carlo http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/02/26/coding-using-tostring/comment-page-1/#comment-12097 Carlo Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:53:25 +0000 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/?p=978#comment-12097 Hi Going back to the granddaddy of OO lanaguages, Smalltalk, I would say the intent of toString() is to answer a String representation as a developer would want to see it. In Smalltalk this method is often called printString. displayString Smalltalk method answers a String representation as a user would want to see it. So basically it has made explicit the different users. In Java I would create a different method for displaying purposes as you can't trust everyones interpretation of toString(). Hi

Going back to the granddaddy of OO lanaguages, Smalltalk, I would say the intent of toString() is to answer a String representation as a developer would want to see it. In Smalltalk this method is often called printString.
displayString Smalltalk method answers a String representation as a user would want to see it.

So basically it has made explicit the different users. In Java I would create a different method for displaying purposes as you can’t trust everyones interpretation of toString().

]]> By: GaryA http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/02/26/coding-using-tostring/comment-page-1/#comment-11217 GaryA Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:48:43 +0000 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/?p=978#comment-11217 The thing I hate about ToString() is that it's implemented inconsistently. Most objects just return the name of the class. In most cases useless. I think I'd prefer a 'Not Implemented' exception. The thing I hate about ToString() is that it’s implemented inconsistently. Most objects just return the name of the class. In most cases useless. I think I’d prefer a ‘Not Implemented’ exception.

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