This module defines classes and functions for pretty-printing. It also exports a number of helpful debugging and other utilities such as trace and panic.

The interface to this module is very similar to the standard Hughes-PJ pretty printing module, except that it exports a number of additional functions that are rarely used, and works over the SDoc type.

Returns the comma-seperated concatenation of the quoted pretty printed things.

 [x,y,z]  ==>  `x', `y', `z'

Converts an integer to a verbal index:

 speakNth 1 = text "first"
 speakNth 5 = text "fifth"
 speakNth 21 = text "21st"

Converts a strictly positive integer into a number of times:

 speakNTimes 1 = text "once"
 speakNTimes 2 = text "twice"
 speakNTimes 4 = text "4 times"

Converts an integer to a verbal multiplicity:

 speakN 0 = text "none"
 speakN 5 = text "five"
 speakN 10 = text "10"

Converts an integer and object description to a statement about the multiplicity of those objects:

 speakNOf 0 (text "melon") = text "no melons"
 speakNOf 1 (text "melon") = text "one melon"
 speakNOf 3 (text "melon") = text "three melons"

Determines the pluralisation suffix appropriate for the length of a list:

 plural [] = char 's'
 plural ["Hello"] = empty
 plural ["Hello", "World"] = char 's'