add a __tostring method to every object (#1534)

* added a stupid __tostring to every object

* moved every __tostring to just after the :extend() call

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Co-authored-by: Adam <adamdharrison@gmail.com>
(cherry picked from commit 880e7f1fa1521cdf176f44627a27c901e187058e)

data/core/commandview.lua

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ local View = require "core.view"
 ---@field super core.doc
 local SingleLineDoc = Doc:extend()
 
+function SingleLineDoc:__tostring() return "SingleLineDoc" end
+
 function SingleLineDoc:insert(line, col, text)
   SingleLineDoc.super.insert(self, line, col, text:gsub("\n", ""))
 end
@@ -18,6 +20,8 @@ end
 ---@field super core.docview
 local CommandView = DocView:extend()
 
+function CommandView:__tostring() return "CommandView" end
+
 CommandView.context = "application"
 
 local max_suggestions = 10
@@ -391,5 +395,4 @@ function CommandView:draw()
   end
 end
 
-
 return CommandView

data/core/contextmenu.lua

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ local DIVIDER = {}
 ---@field current_scale number
 local ContextMenu = Object:extend()
 
+function ContextMenu:__tostring() return "ContextMenu" end
+
 ---A unique value representing the divider in a context menu.
 ContextMenu.DIVIDER = DIVIDER
 

data/core/doc/highlighter.lua

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ local Object = require "core.object"
 
 local Highlighter = Object:extend()
 
+function Highlighter:__tostring() return "Highlighter" end
 
 function Highlighter:new(doc)
   self.doc = doc
@@ -126,5 +127,4 @@ function Highlighter:each_token(idx)
   return tokenizer.each_token(self:get_line(idx).tokens)
 end
 
-
 return Highlighter

data/core/doc/init.lua

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ local common = require "core.common"
 ---@class core.doc : core.object
 local Doc = Object:extend()
 
+function Doc:__tostring() return "Doc" end
 
 local function split_lines(text)
   local res = {}

data/core/docview.lua

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ local View = require "core.view"
 ---@field super core.view
 local DocView = View:extend()
 
+function DocView:__tostring() return "DocView" end
+
 DocView.context = "session"
 
 local function move_to_line_offset(dv, line, col, offset)
@@ -591,5 +593,4 @@ function DocView:draw()
   self:draw_scrollbar()
 end
 
-
 return DocView

data/core/emptyview.lua

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ local View = require "core.view"
 ---@field super core.view
 local EmptyView = View:extend()
 
+function EmptyView:__tostring() return "EmptyView" end
+
 function EmptyView:get_name()
   return "Get Started"
 end

data/core/logview.lua

@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ local function get_item_height(item)
   return h
 end
 
-
 local LogView = View:extend()
 
+function LogView:__tostring() return "LogView" end
+
 LogView.context = "session"
 
 
@@ -222,5 +223,4 @@ function LogView:draw()
   LogView.super.draw_scrollbar(self)
 end
 
-
 return LogView

data/core/nagview.lua

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ local noop = function() end
 ---@field super core.view
 local NagView = View:extend()
 
+function NagView:__tostring() return "NagView" end
+
 function NagView:new()
   NagView.super.new(self)
   self.size.y = 0

data/core/node.lua

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ local View = require "core.view"
 ---@class core.node : core.object
 local Node = Object:extend()
 
+function Node:__tostring() return "Node" end
+
 function Node:new(type)
   self.type = type or "leaf"
   self.position = { x = 0, y = 0 }

data/core/rootview.lua

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ local DocView = require "core.docview"
 ---@field mouse core.view.position
 local RootView = View:extend()
 
+function RootView:__tostring() return "RootView" end
+
 function RootView:new()
   RootView.super.new(self)
   self.root_node = Node()
@@ -494,5 +496,4 @@ function RootView:draw()
   end
 end
 
-
 return RootView

data/core/scrollbar.lua

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ local Object = require "core.object"
 ---@class core.scrollbar : core.object
 local Scrollbar = Object:extend()
 
+function Scrollbar:__tostring() return "Scrollbar" end
+
 ---@class ScrollbarOptions
 ---@field direction "v" | "h" @Vertical or Horizontal
 ---@field alignment "s" | "e" @Start or End (left to right, top to bottom)
@@ -339,5 +341,4 @@ function Scrollbar:draw()
   self:draw_thumb()
 end
 
-
 return Scrollbar

data/core/statusview.lua

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ local Object = require "core.object"
 ---@field hide_messages boolean
 local StatusView = View:extend()
 
+function StatusView:__tostring() return "StatusView" end
+
 ---Space separator
 ---@type string
 StatusView.separator  = "      "
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ StatusView.separator2 = "   |   "
 ---@field cached_item core.statusview.styledtext
 local StatusViewItem = Object:extend()
 
+function StatusViewItem:__tostring() return "StatusViewItem" end
+
 ---Available StatusViewItem options.
 ---@class core.statusview.item.options : table
 ---A condition to evaluate if the item should be displayed. If a string

data/core/titleview.lua

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ local title_commands = {
 ---@field super core.view
 local TitleView = View:extend()
 
+function TitleView:__tostring() return "TitleView" end
+
 local function title_view_height()
   return style.font:get_height() + style.padding.y * 2
 end

data/core/view.lua

@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ local Scrollbar = require "core.scrollbar"
 ---@field current_scale number
 local View = Object:extend()
 
+function View:__tostring() return "View" end
+
 -- context can be "application" or "session". The instance of objects
 -- with context "session" will be closed when a project session is
 -- terminated. The context "application" is for functional UI elements.
@@ -307,5 +309,4 @@ end
 function View:draw()
 end
 
-
 return View

data/plugins/projectsearch.lua

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ local View = require "core.view"
 ---@class plugins.projectsearch.resultsview : core.view
 local ResultsView = View:extend()
 
+function ResultsView:__tostring() return "ResultsView" end
+
 ResultsView.context = "session"
 
 function ResultsView:new(path, text, fn)
@@ -237,7 +239,6 @@ function ResultsView:draw()
   self:draw_scrollbar()
 end
 
-
 ---@param path string
 ---@param text string
 ---@param fn fun(line_text:string):...

data/plugins/toolbarview.lua

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ local View = require "core.view"
 
 local ToolbarView = View:extend()
 
+function ToolbarView:__tostring() return "ToolbarView" end
 
 function ToolbarView:new()
   ToolbarView.super.new(self)

data/plugins/treeview.lua

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ end
 
 local TreeView = View:extend()
 
+function TreeView:__tostring() return "TreeView" end
+
 function TreeView:new()
   TreeView.super.new(self)
   self.scrollable = true