Re: New pp

[Stefan Monnier]

>> No, the problem is when we run for example the
>>
>> (cl-defmethod cl-print-object ((object vector) stream)
>>
>> method (which AFAIK takes precedence over the
>>
>> (cl-defmethod cl-print-object (object (pprint-state (head :pprint)))
>>
>> method, so it will receive a pp-state stream and pass it on to `princ`).
> Oh yeah, that is a problem. Is there any way to get a higher precedence?

We could change the cl-defgeneric to specify that the second arg comes
before the first when ordering methods with (:argument-precedence-order
stream object).
But it still feels brittle.


        Stefan