[#Descriptor-ToString]
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Convert the descriptor back to a string, undoing parsing.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<script/descriptor.h>`

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virtual
std::string
ToString(bool compat_format = false) const = 0;
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== Return Value

The descriptor string.

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *compat_format* [in]
| Whether to emit the backwards‐compatible string form.
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