"%T" returns 'aurora.value'

[kimfucious]

Hi,

cool package!

This command:

fmt.Println(Sprintf(Green("We can see that the type of x is: %T"), Brown(x)))

Returns:

We can see that the type of x is: aurora.value

I saw the workaround at in the readme for %T and %p, but the solution to print the type of x is still eluding me.

[logrusorgru]

Because %T and %p don't use fmt.Formatter interface. Solution is, for example:

fmt.Println(
    Sprintf(
        Green("We can see that the type of x is: %s"),
        Brown(fmt.Sprintf("%T", val)),
    ),
)

[logrusorgru]

Or

func typeOf(val interface{}) string {
    return fmt.Sprintf("%T", val)
}

// and

fmt.Println(Sprintf(Green("We can see that the type of x is: %s"), Brown(typeOf(x))))

[logrusorgru]

Also, the fmt.Sprintf("%T", val) is equal to reflect.TypeOf(val).String(). Thus the typeOf function above can be replaced with this one

func typeOf(val interface{}) string {
    return reflect.TypeOf(val).String()
}

[logrusorgru]

Or, adding color inside the typeOf function

func typeOf(val interface{}) string {
    return Brown(reflect.TypeOf(val).String()).String()
}

fmt.Println(Sprintf(Green("We can see that the type of x is: %s"), typeOf(x)))

[logrusorgru]

Oh, there is something important: fmt.Sprintf("%T", val) allows nil, but reflect.TypeOf(val).String() panics if the val is nil.

[logrusorgru]

Thus, in a middle case fmt.Sprintf("%T", val) is better, because it's universal.