From 7bbfe0b79326fe354897ae31e3606d64ddeb8f1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lionel Zoubritzky <lionel.zoubritzky@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 00:10:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] No right-pad on method list printing

---
 base/methodshow.jl | 27 +++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/base/methodshow.jl b/base/methodshow.jl
index 46f7f2b75af24..8a33249f179b0 100644
--- a/base/methodshow.jl
+++ b/base/methodshow.jl
@@ -340,40 +340,28 @@ function show_method_list_header(io::IO, ms::MethodList, namefmt::Function)
     nothing
 end
 
-function _print_compact_positions(io, last_position, last_num, len)
-    s = string(last_position)
-    print(io, s)
-    len += length(s) + 1
+function _print_compact_positions(io, last_position, last_num)
+    print(io, last_position)
     if last_position != last_num
-        print(io, '-')
-        s = string(last_num)
-        len += length(s) + 1
-        print(io, s)
+        print(io, '-', last_num)
     end
-    return len
 end
 
-function print_compact_positions(io, positions, maxposlen)
+function print_compact_positions(io, positions)
     print(io, '[')
     last_position = last_num = positions[1]
-    len = 3
     for i in 2:length(positions)
         p = positions[i]
         if p == last_num + 1
             last_num = p
             continue
         end
-        len = _print_compact_positions(io, last_position, last_num, len)
+        _print_compact_positions(io, last_position, last_num)
         print(io, ',')
         last_position = last_num = p
     end
-    len = _print_compact_positions(io, last_position, last_num, len) - 1
+    _print_compact_positions(io, last_position, last_num)
     print(io, "] ")
-    if maxposlen > len
-        print(io, ' '^(maxposlen - len))
-        len = maxposlen
-    end
-    return len
 end
 
 function show_method_table(io::IO, ml::Union{MethodList,FactoredMethodList}, max::Int=-1, header::Bool=true)
@@ -390,13 +378,12 @@ function show_method_table(io::IO, ml::Union{MethodList,FactoredMethodList}, max
 
     last_shown_line_infos = get(io, :last_shown_line_infos, nothing)
     last_shown_line_infos === nothing || empty!(last_shown_line_infos)
-    maxposlen = 0
 
     for (n, meth) in (ml isa FactoredMethodList ? zip(ml.positions, ml.list) : enumerate(ml.ms))
         if max == -1 || n[1] < max
             println(io)
             if ml isa FactoredMethodList
-                maxposlen = print_compact_positions(io, sort(n), maxposlen)
+                print_compact_positions(io, sort(n))
             else
                 print(io, "[$n] ")
             end