How deeply does Clojure: The Essential Reference cover *print-radix*?

Defines markers for bases 2, 8, and 16 without describing printer internals or conversion algorithms.

*print-radix* in Clojure: The Essential Reference

*print-radix* is a Clojure dynamic variable controlling whether radix prefixes are printed for non-decimal numeric bases.

*print-radix* controls whether Clojure prints radix prefixes when numbers use non-decimal bases. It works with *print-base* during pretty printing. section 23.20

It prints these prefixes for supported bases:

#b for base 2, binary. section 23.20
#o for base 8, octal. section 23.20
#x for base 16, hexadecimal. section 23.20

Making hexadecimal output self-identifying

(binding [pprint/*print-base* 16 pprint/*print-radix* true] (pprint/pprint 3405691582)) ;; #xcafebabe section 23.20

Table 23.1. The dynamic variables related to pretty printing

Name	Namespace	Default	Description
`print-readably`	`clojure.core`	true	Print escape sequences literally.
`print-dup`	`clojure.core`	false	Print objects so they can be read back into memory.
`print-length`	`clojure.core`	nil	Number of items to print in a collection.
`print-level`	`clojure.core`	nil	Number of nesting collections level to print.
`print-meta`	`clojure.core`	false	Should metadata be printed as part of the object.
`print-pretty`	`clojure.pprint`	true	Enable/disable pretty printing.
`print-pprint-dispatch`	`clojure.pprint`	fn	Set pretty printer dispatch function.
`print-right-margin`	`clojure.pprint`	72	Number of columns to use before breaking into a newline.
`print-miser-width`	`clojure.pprint`	40	The column at which to enter miser style.
`print-suppress-namespaces`	`clojure.pprint`	nil	Remove namespace qualifier from symbols.
`print-radix`	`clojure.pprint`	nil	Print radix used for integers or ratio.
`print-base`	`clojure.pprint`	10	Change base for printing integers or ratio.

Compare *print-radix* with related dynamic variables that control readability, collection limits, metadata, and pretty-printing behavior. section 23.20

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