pppprintdata

pppprintdata is a utility function from the PPP software library designed to produce human-readable representations of complex data structures. It is intended for debugging, logging, and interactive exploration by turning nested objects, collections, and primitives into readable text. The function focuses on readability and can be integrated into command-line tools, servers, and GUIs.

The function accepts a data object and an optional configuration that controls formatting, such as indentation level, maximum depth, wrap width, key sorting, and whether to colorize output. It supports common data types (numbers, strings, booleans, null), sequences (lists, tuples), mappings (dictionaries, maps), and sets, and also allows custom printers for user-defined types.

Internally, pppprintdata uses a recursive traversal with cycle detection to avoid infinite recursion on self-referential structures. It can limit depth to prevent excessively verbose output and can present data in a compact form when requested. Some implementations return a string, others write to a supplied stream or append to a buffer.

Usage notes: it is typically invoked as pppprintdata(data) or with an options object. It is designed to be dependency-light and portable across platforms, emphasizing deterministic output when options such as sort_keys are enabled. See also: similar pretty-printers in other languages and libraries.