# Printing of unsigned numbers

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/printing-of-unsigned-numbers/79611>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Tags:** numbers, io\
**Created:** [April 17, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/printing-of-unsigned-numbers/79611 "2022-04-17T00:50:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/printing-of-unsigned-numbers/79611/9 "2022-04-18T11:40:59Z")

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> [@joa-quim](#):
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> OK, I removed tat pirate `show` because I don’t want to push it to other people but will have to find a replacement because I simply cannot understand why Unsigneds are printed in a illegible way (c’mon, who can read hexadecimal).

Sorry, I meant to move this post to the top of this thread since it came first chronologically, and was in response to:

> [@Package load time regressions in v1.8-beta3](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-load-time-regressions-in-v1-8-beta3/78875/15):
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> But there is still something you might consider fixing: [GMT.jl/gmt\_main.jl at df9c6f872ead5655165ca3dadd80ae1116177a02 · GenericMappingTools/GMT.jl · GitHub](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/GMT.jl/blob/df9c6f872ead5655165ca3dadd80ae1116177a02/src/gmt_main.jl#L1503) is piracy (it’s not very nice to change Julia’s printing for all users who might want to combine GMT and something else where they expect printing of `Unsigned` to remain unchanged). It invalidates ~120 compiled MethodInstances. It does not affect `plot` , however.

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