[m-rev.] for review: add string.format_table/2

[Julien Fischer]

Some initial comments:

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Ian MacLarty wrote:

> Add a function to the string module to generate a formatted text table.
>
> library/string.m
> 	Add format_table/2 which generates a formatted text table from
> 	a list of columns.
>
> tests/general/string_test.exp
> tests/general/string_test.m
> 	Test the new function.
>
> Index: library/string.m
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository/mercury/library/string.m,v
> retrieving revision 1.227
> diff -u -r1.227 string.m
> --- library/string.m	3 Feb 2005 09:06:36 -0000	1.227
> +++ library/string.m	3 Feb 2005 10:43:14 -0000
> @@ -667,6 +667,28 @@
>  	;	c(char).
>
>  %-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
> +
> +:- type justified_column
> +	--->	left(list(string))
> +	;	right(list(string)).
> +
> +	% format_table(Columns, Seperator) = Table
> +	% format_table/2 takes a list of columns and a column seperator
s/seperator/separator/

> +	% and returns a formatted table, where each field in each column
> +	% has been aligned and fields are seperated with Seperator.
s/Seperator/Separator/
> +	% A newline character is inserted between each row.
> +	%
What happens if the columns have different lengths?

More later,

Julien.
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