HELP DEST_CHARACTERS                                       A. Sloman, Aug 1982
                                    Updated by Jonathan Laventhol, 13 May 1985

    dest_characters(<item>) -> <codes_of_characters_on_stack>;

This procedure returns the character codes which would be used for printing
the item in the default format, e.g:

    dest_characters('cat')=>
    ** 99 97 116

It could be defined as:

    define dest_characters(item);
    vars cucharout pop_pr_exponent pop_pr_places pop_pr_quotes pop_pr_radix;
        6 -> pop_pr_places;
        10 -> pop_pr_radix;
        false -> pop_pr_quotes;
        false -> pop_pr_exponent;
        identfn -> cucharout;
        sys_syspr();
    enddefine;

See also
HELP *SYS_SYSPR   - prints all data classes in standard format
HELP *PRINTLENGTH - returns the number of characters needed to print an object
HELP *PRINT       - for a list of printing procedures
REF  *SYSIO        - for detailed information on I/O procedures
