Add convenience function for debug printing

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/builtins/functions.c b/builtins/functions.c
index 84b3051d..94dda009 100644
--- a/builtins/functions.c
+++ b/builtins/functions.c
@@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ public Text_t generic_as_text(const void *obj, bool colorize, const TypeInfo *ty
     }
 }
 
+public int generic_print(const void *obj, bool colorize, const TypeInfo *type)
+{
+    Text_t text = generic_as_text(obj, colorize, type);
+    return Text$print(stdout, text) + printf("\n");
+}
 
 public Text_t builtin_last_err()
 {
diff --git a/builtins/functions.h b/builtins/functions.h
index 6445400a..372c42c4 100644
--- a/builtins/functions.h
+++ b/builtins/functions.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ uint64_t generic_hash(const void *obj, const TypeInfo *type);
 int32_t generic_compare(const void *x, const void *y, const TypeInfo *type);
 bool generic_equal(const void *x, const void *y, const TypeInfo *type);
 Text_t generic_as_text(const void *obj, bool colorize, const TypeInfo *type);
+int generic_print(const void *obj, bool colorize, const TypeInfo *type);
 closure_t spawn(closure_t fn);
 bool pop_flag(char **argv, int *i, const char *flag, Text_t *result);