Improve formatting of the print function

[JeanJPNM]

When using print inside indented contexts (functions, if statements, loops, etc) it is not possible to correctly format the template string without breaking the surrounding indentation:

function printVec({ x, y }) {
  print`
    Vector2 {
      x: ${x},
      y: ${y}
    }`
}

printVec({ x: "[x]", y: "[y]" })

Prints:

    Vector2 {
      x: [x],
      y: [y]
    }

It is possible to see that the most common intent with this code would be to print the message without the leading new line and the extra indentation. To achieve this, one would have to rewrite the code as:

function printVec({ x, y }) {
  print`Vector2 {
  x: ${x},
  y: ${y}
}`
}

printVec({ x: "[x]", y: "[y]" })
printFlush()

I propose changing the print function to automatically format template strings by:

• Removing the first leading newline
• Deindenting lines based on the indentation of the least indented line.

However, this change may break existing code but I consider it to be worth it.

Edit:

The compiler can't tell the difference between these two examples, so the first would not behave as expected:

print`\n(${Vars.thisx}, ${Vars.thisy})`;
print`
(${Vars.thisx}, ${Vars.thisy})`

[JeanJPNM]

Seems like the best approach is creating a printf function that only takes a string template as a parameter and has consistent formatting rules

[JeanJPNM]

Implementing String.dedent from this proposal might prove more benefitial, as it would work with other functions such as concat.

function printPoint({ x, y }) {
  String.dedent(print)`
    Point {
      x: ${x},
      y: ${y}
    }`;
}

printPoint(Vars.this);