A default CustomStringConvertible implementation for Swift types

Never implement var description: String again. Simply import DefaultStringConvertible and conform to CustomStringConvertible and get a default type description for free.

This micro-library is based on this post from Erica Sadun.

• Swift 3
• Xcode 8
• iOS 8.0+
• macOS 10.10+
• tvOS 9.0+
• watchOS 2.0+
• Ubuntu 14.04+

use_frameworks!
# For latest release in cocoapods
pod 'DefaultStringConvertible'
# Feeling adventurous? Get the latest on develop
pod 'DefaultStringConvertible', :git => 'https://github.com/jessesquires/DefaultStringConvertible.git', :branch => 'develop'

github "jessesquires/DefaultStringConvertible"

Add DefaultStringConvertible as a dependency to your Package.swift. For example:

let package = Package(
    name: "YourPackageName",
    dependencies: [
        .Package(url: "https://github.com/jessesquires/DefaultStringConvertible.git", majorVersion: 2)
    ]
)

Read the docs. Generated with jazzy. Hosted by GitHub Pages.

$ ./build_docs.sh

$ open index.html -a Safari

import DefaultStringConvertible
class MyClass: CustomStringConvertible {
    // ...
    // You *do not* need to implement `var description: String`
    // by importing `DefaultStringConvertible`, you get a default `description` for free
}

There's a suite of unit tests for DefaultStringConvertible. Run them from Xcode by opening DefaultStringConvertible.xcodeproj.

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Created and maintained by @jesse_squires.

DefaultStringConvertible is released under an MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

Copyright © 2016-present Jesse Squires.

Please provide attribution, it is greatly appreciated.