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Convert the descriptor back to a string, undoing parsing&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;script&sol;descriptor&period;h&gt;`

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virtual
std::string
ToString(bool compat&lowbar;format = false) const = 0;
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== Return Value

The descriptor string&period;

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *compat&lowbar;format* [in]
| Whether to emit the backwards&hyphen;compatible string form&period;
|===


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