prettyprint

2 definitions found

prettyprint - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  prettyprint
  
     /prit'ee-print/ (Or "pretty-print") To generate "pretty"
     human-readable output from a hairy internal representation;
     especially used for the process of grinding program code.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-02-15)
  

prettyprint - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  prettyprint
   /prit'ee.print/, v.
  
     (alt.: pretty-print)
  
     1. To generate `pretty' human-readable output from a hairy internal
     representation; esp. used for the process of grinding (sense 1)
     program code, and most esp. for LISP code.
  
     2. To format in some particularly slick and nontrivial way.