// ObjectGoPrintSideBySide prints a and b as textual dumps side by side,
// enabling easy visual scanning for mismatches.
func ObjectGoPrintSideBySide(a, b interface{}) string {
s := spew.ConfigState{
Indent: " ",
// Extra deep spew.
DisableMethods: true,
}
sA := s.Sdump(a)
sB := s.Sdump(b)
linesA := strings.Split(sA, "\n")
linesB := strings.Split(sB, "\n")
width := 0
for _, s := range linesA {
l := len(s)
if l > width {
width = l
}
}
for _, s := range linesB {
l := len(s)
if l > width {
width = l
}
}
buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
w := tabwriter.NewWriter(buf, width, 0, 1, ' ', 0)
max := len(linesA)
if len(linesB) > max {
max = len(linesB)
}
for i := 0; i < max; i++ {
var a, b string
if i < len(linesA) {
a = linesA[i]
}
if i < len(linesB) {
b = linesB[i]
}
fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\n", a, b)
}
w.Flush()
return buf.String()
}
