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misleading printing of value type parameters #57189

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nsajko opened this issue Jan 28, 2025 · 0 comments
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misleading printing of value type parameters #57189

nsajko opened this issue Jan 28, 2025 · 0 comments
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display and printing Aesthetics and correctness of printed representations of objects. types and dispatch Types, subtyping and method dispatch

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nsajko commented Jan 28, 2025

Int32(7) in Val{Int32(7)} is shown as a mere 7:

julia> Val{Int32(7)}
Val{7}

That's not correct, however, given that Val{Int32(7)} != Val{7}.

The misleading printing behavior leads to confusion and complaints such as this one: JuliaArrays/StaticArrays.jl#1233
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