# fallback text/plain representation of any type:
writemime(io, ::MIME"text/plain", x) = showlimited(io, x)

function writemime(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", f::Function)
    if isgeneric(f)
        n = length(f.env)
        m = n==1 ? "method" : "methods"
        print(io, "$(f.env.name) (generic function with $n $m)")
    else
        show(io, f)
    end
end

function writemime(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", v::AbstractVector)
    if isa(v, Ranges)
        show(io, v)
    else
        print(io, summary(v))
        if !isempty(v)
            println(io, ":")
            print_matrix(io, v)
        end
    end
end

function writemime(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", v::DataType)
    show(io, v)
    methods(v) # force constructor creation
    if isgeneric(v)
        n = length(v.env)
        m = n==1 ? "method" : "methods"
        print(io, " (constructor with $n $m)")
    end
end

# showing exception objects as descriptive error messages

showerror(io::IO, e) = show(io, e)

function showerror(io::IO, e::TypeError)
    ctx = isempty(e.context) ? "" : "in $(e.context), "
    if e.expected === Bool
        print(io, "type: non-boolean ($(typeof(e.got))) ",
                  "used in boolean context")
    else
        if isa(e.got,Type)
            tstr = "Type{$(e.got)}"
        else
            tstr = string(typeof(e.got))
        end
        print(io, "type: $(e.func): ",
                  "$(ctx)expected $(e.expected), ",
                  "got $tstr")
        if e.func === :apply && e.expected <: Function && isa(e.got,AbstractArray)
            println(io)
            print(io, "Use square brackets [] for indexing.")
        end
    end
end

function showerror(io::IO, e, bt)
    try
        showerror(io, e)
    finally 
        show_backtrace(io, bt)
    end
end

showerror(io::IO, e::LoadError) = showerror(io, e, {})
function showerror(io::IO, e::LoadError, bt)
    showerror(io, e.error, bt)
    print(io, "\nat $(e.file):$(e.line)")
end

function showerror(io::IO, e::DomainError, bt)
    print(io, "DomainError")
    for b in bt
        code = ccall(:jl_lookup_code_address, Any, (Ptr{Void}, Int32), b, 0)
        if length(code) == 3
            if code[1] in (:log, :log2, :log10, :sqrt) # TODO add :besselj, :besseli, :bessely, :besselk
                print(io, "\n", code[1],
                      " will only return a complex result if called with a complex argument.",
                      "\ntry ", code[1], "(complex(x))")
            end
            break
        end
    end
    show_backtrace(io, bt)
end

showerror(io::IO, e::SystemError) = print(io, "$(e.prefix): $(strerror(e.errnum))")
showerror(io::IO, ::DivideError) = print(io, "integer division error")
showerror(io::IO, ::StackOverflowError) = print(io, "stack overflow")
showerror(io::IO, ::UndefRefError) = print(io, "access to undefined reference")
showerror(io::IO, ::EOFError) = print(io, "read: end of file")
showerror(io::IO, e::ErrorException) = print(io, e.msg)
showerror(io::IO, e::KeyError) = (print(io, "key not found: "); show(io, e.key))
showerror(io::IO, e::InterruptException) = print(io, "interrupt")

function showerror(io::IO, e::MethodError)
    name = e.f.env.name
    if is(e.f,convert) && length(e.args)==2
        print(io, "no method $(name)(Type{$(e.args[1])},$(typeof(e.args[2])))")
    elseif isa(e.f, DataType)
        print(io, "no method $(e.f)$(typeof(e.args))")
    else
        print(io, "no method $(name)$(typeof(e.args))")
    end
    if isdefined(Base,name)
        f = eval(Base,name)
        if f !== e.f && isgeneric(f) && applicable(f,e.args...)
            println(io)
            print(io, "you may have intended to import Base.$(name)")
        end
    end
end

function show_trace_entry(io, fname, file, line, n)
    print(io, "\n")
    print(io, " in ", fname, " at ", file)
    if line >= 1
        try
            print(io, ":", line)
        catch
            print(io, '?') #for when dec is not yet defined
        end
    end
    if n > 1
        print(io, " (repeats ", n, " times)")
    end
end

function show_backtrace(io::IO, t, set=1:typemax(Int))
    # we may not declare :eval_user_input
    # directly so that we get a compile error
    # in case its name changes in the future
    show_backtrace(io, try
                         symbol(string(eval_user_input))
                       catch
                         :(:) #for when client.jl is not yet defined
                       end, t, set)
end

# show the backtrace, up to (but not including) top_function
function show_backtrace(io::IO, top_function::Symbol, t, set)
    n = 1
    lastfile = ""; lastline = -11; lastname = symbol("#")
    local fname, file, line
    count = 0
    for i = 1:length(t)
        lkup = ccall(:jl_lookup_code_address, Any, (Ptr{Void}, Int32), t[i], 0)
        if lkup === ()
            continue
        end
        fname, file, line = lkup
        if i == 1 && fname == :error; continue; end
        if fname == top_function; break; end
        count += 1
        if !in(count, set); continue; end
        if file != lastfile || line != lastline || fname != lastname
            if lastline != -11
                show_trace_entry(io, lastname, lastfile, lastline, n)
            end
            n = 1
            lastfile = file; lastline = line; lastname = fname
        else
            n += 1
        end
    end
    if n > 1 || lastline != -11
        show_trace_entry(io, lastname, lastfile, lastline, n)
    end
    @windows_only if WORD_SIZE == 64; println(); warn_once("backtraces on your platform are often misleading or partially incorrect") end
end