I found using multiple dispatch with show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", ::T) quite handy. This seems to work like magic – that is, if you have your own types for show()'s dispatch. But if ::T arrives at show() as String, it’s handled as plain/text. So not sure the best way to “subclass” an Abstract…

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Approaches to store a `MIME` type with a regular `String` for show() et'al?

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Approaches to store a `MIME` type *with* a regular `String` for show() et'al?

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Approaches to store a `MIME` type with a regular `String` for show() et'al?