Swift: Extending functionality of print() function

Question

Is it possible to extend the functionality of a Swift function? I would like appnd a single character onto every print() function in my program without having to create a br

Answer 1

You can overshadow the print method from the standard library:

public func print(items: Any..., separator: String = " ", terminator: String = "\n") {
    let output = items.map { "*\($0)" }.joined(separator: separator)
    Swift.print(output, terminator: terminator)
}

Since the original function is in the standard library, its fully qualified name is Swift.print