Function: cust-print-original-prin1-to-string

cust-print-original-prin1-to-string is a for prin1-to-string, defined in print.c.

Signature

(cust-print-original-prin1-to-string OBJECT &optional NOESCAPE)

Documentation

Return a string containing the printed representation of OBJECT.

OBJECT can be any Lisp object. This function outputs quoting characters when necessary to make output that read can handle, whenever possible, unless the optional second argument NOESCAPE is non-nil. For complex objects, the behavior is controlled by print-level and print-length, which see.

OBJECT is any of the Lisp data types: a number, a string, a symbol, a list, a buffer, a window, a frame, etc.

A printed representation of an object is text which describes that object.

Aliases

cust-print-original-prin1-to-string