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Subject: Re: Parameterised 'Image Attributes
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On Tuesday, 22 August 2023 at 09:13:50 UTC+1, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> Nobody loves the syntax T'Image (X) or X'Image! Give programmers X.Image 
> and [<path-of-package-names-nobody-remembers>].Image (X) and they will 
> forget about the attribute.

I have no issue with the 'Image syntax.

Perhaps the formatting parameters could be restricted to T'Image(X) and
not available for X'Image? Or, maybe the language should just add
'Trim_Image and 'Trim_Width and leave the advanced formatting to a
library.

Actually, I think it might also be nice if Float'Trim_Image(X) returned
a string that only used exponential notation for very large or very
small values (which seems to be the default behaviour in Python).
Different names would then be needed (Tidy_Image and Tidy_Width?).