View Source List.Chars protocol (Elixir v1.16.0-rc.1)

The List.Chars protocol is responsible for converting a structure to a charlist (only if applicable).

The only function that must be implemented is to_charlist/1 which does the conversion.

The to_charlist/1 function automatically imported by Kernel invokes this protocol.

Summary

t()

All the types that implement this protocol.

Converts term to a charlist.

@type t() :: term()

All the types that implement this protocol.

@spec to_charlist(t()) :: charlist()

Converts term to a charlist.