JShell: representation of array values

[Robert Field]

JavaOne demos made it clear we need a friendlier representation of array 
values.

Current --

jshell> new String[] { "hi", "low", null }
$2 ==> [Ljava.lang.String;@ae45eb6

jshell> new char[] { 'a', 34, 77 }
$3 ==> [C at 27efef64

I'm proposing this --

jshell> new int[4]
$1 ==> int[4] { 0, 0, 0, 0 }

jshell> new int[0]
$2 ==> int[0] {  }

jshell> new String[] { "hi", "low", null }
$3 ==> String[3] { "hi", "low", null }

jshell> new char[] { 'a', 34, 77 }
$4 ==> char[3] { 'a', '"', 'M' }

jshell> new int[][] { new int[] {44, 55}, new int[] {88,99}}
$5 ==> int[][2] { int[2] { 44, 55 }, int[2] { 88, 99 } }

jshell> new Object[] { "howdy", new int[] { 33, 44, 55 }, new String[] { 
"up", "down" }}
$6 ==> Object[3] { "howdy", int[3] { 33, 44, 55 }, String[2] { "up", 
"down" } }

jshell> new int[100000]
$7 ==> int[100000] { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ...

jshell>


Comments???

Thanks,
Robert