Re: [Caml-list] Printf.sprintf "%a"

[Rodolphe Lepigre <rodolphe.lepigre@univ-savoie.fr>]

Thanks for your answer!

> I don't think this is possible with Printf.  But if you can switch to Format
> you can use Format.asprintf instead.

Yes, I know it is possible to use Format. This is actually what I am doing
currently! However, I am not using any of the formating features, so I'd
like to switch to Printf to avoid going from channels to formatters all the
time...

>> Dear list,
>>
>> If I define two values
>>
>>   val p : type out_channel -> blop -> unit
>>   val e : blop
>>
>> then I can do something like
>>
>>   Printf.printf "%a" p e
>>
>> but I can't find a way to do something like
>>
>>   Printf.sprintf "%a" p e
>>
>> which is not well-typed. Is there any trick that I can use to avoid
>> changing the type of [p] to [blop -> string]?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Rodolphe

Cheers,

Rodolphe
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On 08/07/2016 10:08, Nicolas Ojeda Bar wrote: