hi there, I’m wondering about <this particular met...

# strikt

[Jakub Gwóźdź]

hi there, I’m wondering about this particular method:

internal fun formatValue(value: Any?): Any =
  when (value) {
    null -> "null"
    is CharSequence -> "\"$value\""
    is Char -> "'$value'"
    is Iterable<*> -> if (value.javaClass.preferToString()) value.toString() else value.map(::formatValue)
    is Byte -> "0x${value.toString(16)}"
    is ByteArray -> "0x${value.toHex()}".truncate()
...

Is there a reason why if (value.javaClass.preferToString()... is only in Iterable<*> and not on any class?
Reason I’m asking is because I have things like expectThat(jsonObject1).isEqualTo(jsonObject2) (from kotlinx.serialization) and it works just fine, but whenever there is a fail, I don’t see beautiful json (like from jsonObject2.toString()), but rather a mess with the = chars (caused by line 42).