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Format to the output stream supplied at construction the specified `data`, prefixed by the specified `name` if `name` is not 0. Format `data` based on the parameterized `TYPE`:

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslim_printer.h>`

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----
template<class TYPE>
void
print(
    TYPE const& data,
    char const* name) const;
----

== Description

* If `TYPE` is a fundamental type, output `data` to the stream. * If `TYPE` is `char *` or `const char *`, print `data` to the stream as a null‐terminated C‐style string enclosed in quotes if `data` is not 0, and print the string "NULL" otherwise. * If `TYPE` is `void *` or `const void *`, print the address value of `data` in hexadecimal format if it is not 0, and print the string "NULL" otherwise. * If `TYPE` is a pointer type (other than the, potentially const‐qualified, `char *` or `void *`), print the address value of `data` in hexadecimal format, then format the object at that address if `data` is not 0, and print the string "NULL" otherwise. There will be a compile‐time error if `data` is a pointer to a user‐defined type that does not provide a standard `print` method. * If `TYPE` is any other type, call the standard `print` method on `data`, specifying one additional level of indentation than the current one. There will be a compile‐time error if `TYPE` does not provide a standard `print` method.

If `spacesPerLevel() < 0`, format `data` on a single line. Otherwise, indent `data` by `(absLevel() + 1) * spacesPerLevel()` blank spaces. The behavior is undefined if `TYPE` is a `char *`, but not a null‐terminated string.

DEPRECATED: Use `printAttribute` instead, or `printValue` if no name is wanted.


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