use multiline=true, limit=false in reprmime and stringmime

some small tweaks to output function changes and doc updates

base/docs/helpdb/Base.jl

@@ -2888,9 +2888,9 @@ Show an expression and result, returning the result.
 """
     showcompact(x)
 
-Show a more compact representation of a value. This is used for printing array elements. If
-a new type has a different compact representation,
-it should test `get(io, :limit, false)` in its normal `show` method.
+Show a more compact representation of a value. This is used for printing array elements.
+If a new type has a different compact representation,
+it should test `get(io, :compact, false)` in its normal `show` method.
 """
 showcompact
 

base/linalg/bidiag.jl

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ svdfact(M::Bidiagonal; thin::Bool=true) = svdfact!(copy(M),thin=thin)
 
 function show(io::IO, M::Bidiagonal)
     if get(io, :multiline, false)
-        invoke(show, (IO, AbstractArray), io, M)
+        Base.showarray(io, M)
     else
         println(io, summary(M), ":")
         print(io, " diag:")

base/multimedia.jl

@@ -57,31 +57,33 @@ mimewritable(m::AbstractString, x) = mimewritable(MIME(m), x)
 # format and is returned unmodified.  This is useful so that raw data can be
 # passed to display(m::MIME, x).
 
+verbose_writemime(io, m, x) = writemime(IOContext(io,multiline=true,limit=false), m, x)
+
 macro textmime(mime)
     quote
         mimeT = MIME{Symbol($mime)}
         # avoid method ambiguities with the general definitions below:
         # (Q: should we treat Vector{UInt8} as a String?)
-        Base.Multimedia.reprmime(m::mimeT, x::Vector{UInt8}) = sprint(writemime, m, x)
+        Base.Multimedia.reprmime(m::mimeT, x::Vector{UInt8}) = sprint(verbose_writemime, m, x)
         Base.Multimedia.stringmime(m::mimeT, x::Vector{UInt8}) = reprmime(m, x)
 
         Base.Multimedia.istextmime(::mimeT) = true
         if $(mime != "text/plain") # strings are shown escaped for text/plain
             Base.Multimedia.reprmime(m::mimeT, x::AbstractString) = x
         end
-        Base.Multimedia.reprmime(m::mimeT, x) = sprint(writemime, m, x)
+        Base.Multimedia.reprmime(m::mimeT, x) = sprint(verbose_writemime, m, x)
         Base.Multimedia.stringmime(m::mimeT, x) = reprmime(m, x)
     end
 end
 
 istextmime(::MIME) = false
 function reprmime(m::MIME, x)
     s = IOBuffer()
-    writemime(s, m, x)
+    verbose_writemime(s, m, x)
     takebuf_array(s)
 end
 reprmime(m::MIME, x::Vector{UInt8}) = x
-stringmime(m::MIME, x) = base64encode(writemime, m, x)
+stringmime(m::MIME, x) = base64encode(verbose_writemime, m, x)
 stringmime(m::MIME, x::Vector{UInt8}) = base64encode(write, x)
 
 # it is convenient to accept strings instead of ::MIME

base/show.jl

@@ -1434,11 +1434,8 @@ function print_matrix_repr(io, X::AbstractArray)
     if compact && !haskey(io, :compact)
         io = IOContext(io, :compact => compact)
     end
-    prefix *= "["
-    ind = " "^length(prefix)
-    print(io, prefix)
+    print(io, prefix, "[")
     for i=1:size(X,1)
-        i > 1 && print(io, ind)
         for j=1:size(X,2)
             j > 1 && print(io, " ")
             if !isassigned(X,i,j)
@@ -1449,14 +1446,15 @@ function print_matrix_repr(io, X::AbstractArray)
             end
         end
         if i < size(X,1)
-            print(io, ";")
-        else
-            print(io, "]")
+            print(io, "; ")
         end
     end
+    print(io, "]")
 end
 
-function show(io::IO, X::AbstractArray)
+show(io::IO, X::AbstractArray) = showarray(io, X)
+
+function showarray(io::IO, X::AbstractArray)
     repr = !get(io, :multiline, false)
     if repr && ndims(X) == 1
         return show_vector(io, X, "[", "]")
@@ -1491,8 +1489,8 @@ function show(io::IO, X::AbstractArray)
                 print_matrix(io, X, punct...)
             else
                 show_nd(io, X,
-                (io, slice) -> print_matrix(io, slice, punct...),
-                !repr)
+                        (io, slice) -> print_matrix(io, slice, punct...),
+                        !repr)
             end
         end
     end

doc/stdlib/io-network.rst

@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ Text I/O
 
    .. Docstring generated from Julia source
 
-   Show a more compact representation of a value. This is used for printing array elements. If a new type has a different compact representation, it should test ``Base.limit_output(io)`` in its normal ``show`` method.
+   Show a more compact representation of a value. This is used for printing array elements. If a new type has a different compact representation, it should test ``get(io, :compact, false)`` in its normal ``show`` method.
 
 .. function:: showall(x)
 

test/nullable.jl

@@ -92,8 +92,13 @@ for (i, T) in enumerate(types)
     @test takebuf_string(io1) == @sprintf("Nullable{%s}(%s)", T, takebuf_string(io2))
 
     a1 = [x2]
+    show(IOContext(io1, compact=false), a1)
+    show(IOContext(io2, compact=false), x2)
+    @test takebuf_string(io1) ==
+        @sprintf("Nullable{%s}[%s]", string(T), takebuf_string(io2))
+
     show(io1, a1)
-    show(io2, x2)
+    show(IOContext(io2, compact=true), x2)
     @test takebuf_string(io1) ==
         @sprintf("Nullable{%s}[%s]", string(T), takebuf_string(io2))
 end

test/ranges.jl

@@ -571,7 +571,9 @@ end
 # to test print_range in range.jl
 replstrmime(x) = sprint((io,x) -> writemime(IOContext(io, multiline=true, limit=true), MIME("text/plain"), x), x)
 @test replstrmime(1:4) == "1:4"
-@test replstrmime(linspace(1,5,7)) == "7-element LinSpace{Float64}:\n 1.0,1.66667,2.33333,3.0,3.66667,4.33333,5.0"
+@test stringmime("text/plain", 1:4) == "1:4"
+@test stringmime("text/plain", linspace(1,5,7)) == "7-element LinSpace{Float64}:\n 1.0,1.66667,2.33333,3.0,3.66667,4.33333,5.0"
+@test repr(linspace(1,5,7)) == "linspace(1.0,5.0,7)"
 @test replstrmime(0:100.) == "0.0:1.0:100.0"
 # next is to test a very large range, which should be fast because print_range
 # only examines spacing of the left and right edges of the range, sufficient

test/replutil.jl

@@ -262,9 +262,8 @@ let err_str,
     err_str = @except_str randn(1)() MethodError
     @test contains(err_str, "MethodError: objects of type Array{Float64,1} are not callable")
 end
-strmime(x) = sprint((io,x)->writemime(IOContext(io,multiline=true), MIME("text/plain"), x), x)
-@test strmime(FunctionLike()) == "(::FunctionLike) (generic function with 0 methods)"
-@test ismatch(r"^@doc \(macro with \d+ method[s]?\)$", strmime(getfield(Base, Symbol("@doc"))))
+@test stringmime("text/plain", FunctionLike()) == "(::FunctionLike) (generic function with 0 methods)"
+@test ismatch(r"^@doc \(macro with \d+ method[s]?\)$", stringmime("text/plain", getfield(Base, Symbol("@doc"))))
 
 method_defs_lineno = @__LINE__
 Base.Symbol() = throw(ErrorException("1"))
@@ -292,8 +291,8 @@ let err_str,
     @test sprint(show, which(reinterpret(EightBitTypeT{Int32}, 0x54), Tuple{})) == "(::EightBitTypeT)() at $sp:$(method_defs_lineno + 6)"
     @test startswith(sprint(show, which(getfield(Base, Symbol("@doc")), Tuple{Vararg{Any}})), "@doc(x...) at boot.jl:")
     @test startswith(sprint(show, which(FunctionLike(), Tuple{})), "(::FunctionLike)() at $sp:$(method_defs_lineno + 7)")
-    @test strmime(FunctionLike()) == "(::FunctionLike) (generic function with 1 method)"
-    @test strmime(Core.arraysize) == "arraysize (built-in function)"
+    @test stringmime("text/plain", FunctionLike()) == "(::FunctionLike) (generic function with 1 method)"
+    @test stringmime("text/plain", Core.arraysize) == "arraysize (built-in function)"
 
     err_str = @except_stackframe Symbol() ErrorException
     @test err_str == " in Symbol() at $sn:$(method_defs_lineno + 0)"