Is there any reason why we cannot print the shape ...

# datascience

[Alexandre Brown]

Is there any reason why we cannot print the shape directly ? From what I see it is represented as an IntArray in MultiK code base.

[Hampus Londögård]

IntArray is directly a int[], which cannot be printed (java).
I guess it’d make sense for the notebook to wrap such calls with .toList() to make it prettyprint.

[Ilya Muradyan]

Yes, we can add renderers for primitive arrays, thanks for mentioning

[smallshen]

there should be something called .contentToString

[Ilya Muradyan]

You can just call array.toList().toString(). Regarding renderer, I've added it.

[Alexandre Brown]

@smallshen Thanks for the proposal. Yes it works but I think we shouldn't have to worry about a toList here.

The first thing people coming from a Python Notebook experience will do is try to print the way I did. I think it's important to support these simple use cases to make a transition to kotlin notebook as easy as possible.

Thanks for the responsiveness @Ilya Muradyan