# HG changeset patch
# User Gerald Klix (MGE702687) <Gerald.Klix@klix.ch>
# Date 1529692612 -7200
#      Fri Jun 22 20:36:52 2018 +0200
# Node ID 2ea70030c77400006ac14f6b2ad22dd79fd5a031
# Parent  74a2aeec0e81a2b85b6ba232672cdb345cc4f97c
SUM: Added some things for the BEE project.

diff --git a/gf/go.py b/gf/go.py
--- a/gf/go.py
+++ b/gf/go.py
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
     "__float__", "__int__",
     "AbstractObject", "Object", "FinalizingMixin",
     "Writer", "IndentingWriter",
-    "spy", "as_string", "push", "pop", "indent", "dedent",
+    "spy", "as_string", "as_indented_string", "get_text",
+    "push", "pop", "indent", "dedent",
     "CSep", "csep",
     ]
 
@@ -458,6 +459,18 @@
     __out__(self, writer)
     return get_text(writer)
 
+@generic
+def as_indented_string(self):
+    """Answer an object's indented string.
+
+    This is done by creating a :class:`IndentingWriter` instance
+    and calling the :func:`__out__` generic with the
+    object and the writer. The using :meth:`Writer.get_text`
+    to retrieve the text written."""
+    writer = IndentingWriter()
+    __out__(self, writer)
+    return get_text(writer)
+
 __out__ = generic("__out__",
         "Create a print string of an object using a :class:`Writer`.")