Printable Library part 3: Extension method `format` conflicts with `StringLike.format`

[hseeberger]

  implicit val catPrintable: Printable[Cat] =
    (cat: Cat) => {
      import PrintableInstances._
      import PrintableSyntax._
      val name  = cat.name.format // compiler error on String
      val age   = cat.age.format // works fine on Int
      val color = cat.color.format // compiler error on String
      s"$name is a $age year-old $color cat"
    }

I suggest to rename format to fmt to avoid the conflict.

[davegurnell]

Ah. That old chestnut. Thanks for the heads up. I’m travelling this week but will take a look next week.

Cheers, Dave On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 at 11:29, Heiko Seeberger [email protected] wrote:

implicit val catPrintable: Printable[Cat] = (cat: Cat) => { import PrintableInstances._ import PrintableSyntax._ val name = cat.name.format // compiler error on String val age = cat.age.format // works fine on Int val color = cat.color.format // compiler error on String s"$name is a $age year-old $color cat" }

I suggest to rename format to fmt to avoid the conflict.

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[noelwelsh]

This is fixed, a mere 7 years after it was reported! I use display and print as the method names.