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-- | A type class for rendering objects as text, pretty-printing, etc.
--   
--   A type class for rendering objects as text, pretty-printing, etc.
@package text-render
@version 0.1.0.1

module Text.Render

-- | A class for pretty printing, and in general, for "showing" as a
--   <a>Text</a>.
class Show a => Render a where render = pack . show renderParens = render renderIO = return . render

-- | Render the object as a <a>Text</a>.
render :: Render a => a -> Text

-- | Many types of objects need to be rendered in parentheses.
renderParens :: Render a => a -> Text

-- | Render in the <tt>IO</tt> monad. Useful for objects containing IORefs.
renderIO :: (Render a, MonadIO m) => a -> m Text

-- | Renders and surrounds in backticks. Useful for printing user input.
renderTicks :: Render a => a -> Text
instance Text.Render.Render GHC.Types.Int
instance Text.Render.Render GHC.Types.Bool
instance Text.Render.Render GHC.Integer.Type.Integer
instance Text.Render.Render GHC.Types.Double
instance Text.Render.Render Data.Text.Internal.Text
instance Text.Render.Render Text.Parsec.Error.ParseError
instance (Text.Render.Render a, Text.Render.Render b) => Text.Render.Render (a, b)
instance Text.Render.Render a => Text.Render.Render [a]