X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=manifold%2Fmanifoldapi.py;fp=manifold%2Fmanifoldapi.py;h=6d168bb345399a41577c1191f90c2e68b5628fe1;hb=dc832ad1a26a47483f8297678a9417640b7c9925;hp=700a7654c0851d58dff23657af45ba6655ef58d2;hpb=4805b1478e681cd2304c156a7869225623649c2f;p=myslice.git

diff --git a/manifold/manifoldapi.py b/manifold/manifoldapi.py
index 700a7654..6d168bb3 100644
--- a/manifold/manifoldapi.py
+++ b/manifold/manifoldapi.py
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ class ManifoldAPI:
 
     def __repr__ (self): return "ManifoldAPI[%s]"%self.url
 
+    def _print_value (self, value):
+        print "+++",'value',
+        if isinstance (value,list):     print "[%d]"%len(value),
+        elif isinstance (value,dict):   print "{%d}"%len(value),
+        print mytruncate (value,80)
+    
     # a one-liner to give a hint of what the return value looks like
     def _print_result (self, result):
         if not result:                        print "[no/empty result]"
@@ -41,7 +47,8 @@ class ManifoldAPI:
             print "result is a dict with %d keys : %s"%(len(result),result.keys())
             for (k,v) in result.iteritems(): 
                 if v is None: continue
-                print '+++',k,':',mytruncate (v,60)
+                if k=='value':  self._print_value(v)
+                else:           print '+++',k,':',mytruncate (v,30)
         else:                                 print "[dont know how to display result] %s"%result
 
     # xxx temporary code for scaffolding a ManifolResult on top of an API that does not expose error info