Package printer

import "go/printer"
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Package printer implements printing of AST nodes.

func Fprint

func Fprint(output io.Writer, fset *token.FileSet, node any) error

Fprint "pretty-prints" an AST node to output. It calls Config.Fprint with default settings. Note that gofmt uses tabs for indentation but spaces for alignment; use format.Node (package go/format) for output that matches gofmt.

Example

funcAST, fset := parseFunc("example_test.go", "printSelf")

var buf bytes.Buffer
printer.Fprint(&buf, fset, funcAST.Body)

s := buf.String()
s = s[1 : len(s)-1]
s = strings.TrimSpace(strings.ReplaceAll(s, "\n\t", "\n"))

fmt.Println(s)

type CommentedNode

A CommentedNode bundles an AST node and corresponding comments. It may be provided as argument to any of the Fprint functions.

type CommentedNode struct {
    Node     any // *ast.File, or ast.Expr, ast.Decl, ast.Spec, or ast.Stmt
    Comments []*ast.CommentGroup
}

type Config

A Config node controls the output of Fprint.

type Config struct {
    Mode     Mode // default: 0
    Tabwidth int  // default: 8
    Indent   int  // default: 0 (all code is indented at least by this much); added in Go 1.1
}

func (*Config) Fprint

func (cfg *Config) Fprint(output io.Writer, fset *token.FileSet, node any) error

Fprint "pretty-prints" an AST node to output for a given configuration cfg. Position information is interpreted relative to the file set fset. The node type must be *ast.File, *CommentedNode, []ast.Decl, []ast.Stmt, or assignment-compatible to ast.Expr, ast.Decl, ast.Spec, or ast.Stmt.

type Mode

A Mode value is a set of flags (or 0). They control printing.

type Mode uint
const (
    RawFormat Mode = 1 << iota // do not use a tabwriter; if set, UseSpaces is ignored
    TabIndent                  // use tabs for indentation independent of UseSpaces
    UseSpaces                  // use spaces instead of tabs for alignment
    SourcePos                  // emit //line directives to preserve original source positions
)