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From: phr@WHEATIES.AI.MIT.EDU (Paul Rubin)
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Subject: "format" function suggestion
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Date: 5 Oct 88 07:13:59 GMT
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I suggest a new conversion spec, "%g" perhaps (after
G format in Fortran), to convert any object to its
printed form like prin1-to-string.
Also (nitpick) format's doc str does not describe %o or %x.