Adding conv.ToString function

Signed-off-by: Dave Henderson <dhenderson@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/conv/evalargs.go b/conv/evalargs.go
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index 00000000..b802e13d
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+++ b/conv/evalargs.go
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+package conv
+
+// stolen from the Go standard library, text/template package.
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+var (
+	errorType       = reflect.TypeOf((*error)(nil)).Elem()
+	fmtStringerType = reflect.TypeOf((*fmt.Stringer)(nil)).Elem()
+)
+
+// printableValue returns the, possibly indirected, interface value inside v that
+// is best for a call to formatted printer.
+func printableValue(v reflect.Value) (interface{}, bool) {
+	if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		v, _ = indirect(v) // fmt.Fprint handles nil.
+	}
+	if !v.IsValid() {
+		return "<no value>", true
+	}
+
+	if !v.Type().Implements(errorType) && !v.Type().Implements(fmtStringerType) {
+		if v.CanAddr() && (reflect.PtrTo(v.Type()).Implements(errorType) || reflect.PtrTo(v.Type()).Implements(fmtStringerType)) {
+			v = v.Addr()
+		} else {
+			switch v.Kind() {
+			case reflect.Chan, reflect.Func:
+				return nil, false
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return v.Interface(), true
+}
+
+// indirect returns the item at the end of indirection, and a bool to indicate if it's nil.
+func indirect(v reflect.Value) (rv reflect.Value, isNil bool) {
+	for ; v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr || v.Kind() == reflect.Interface; v = v.Elem() {
+		if v.IsNil() {
+			return v, true
+		}
+	}
+	return v, false
+}