diff --git a/src/sharedarray.cpp b/src/sharedarray.cpp
index 7837a21..840b9c3 100644
--- a/src/sharedarray.cpp
+++ b/src/sharedarray.cpp
@@ -67,11 +67,13 @@ namespace detail {
 namespace {
 
 template<typename E>
-struct Print { static inline const E& as(const E& val) { return val; } };
+struct Print { static inline void as(std::ostream& strm,const E& val) { strm<<val; } };
 template<>
-struct Print<int8_t> { static inline int as(int8_t val) { return val; } };
+struct Print<int8_t> { static inline void as(std::ostream& strm,int8_t val) { strm<<int(val); } };
 template<>
-struct Print<uint8_t> { static inline unsigned as(uint8_t val) { return val; } };
+struct Print<uint8_t> { static inline void as(std::ostream& strm,uint8_t val) { strm<<unsigned(val); } };
+template<>
+struct Print<std::string> { static inline void as(std::ostream& strm,const std::string& val) { strm<<"\""<<escape(val)<<"\"";} };
 
 template<typename E>
 void showArr(std::ostream& strm, const void* raw, size_t count, size_t limit)
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ void showArr(std::ostream& strm, const void* raw, size_t count, size_t limit)
             strm<<"...";
             break;
         }
-        strm<<Print<E>::as(base[i]);
+        Print<E>::as(strm, base[i]);
     }
     strm<<']';
 }
diff --git a/test/testtype.cpp b/test/testtype.cpp
index d2def22..fa46e25 100644
--- a/test/testtype.cpp
+++ b/test/testtype.cpp
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ void testFormat()
         "    } scalar\n"
         "    struct {\n"
         "        int32_t[] i32 = {4}[1, -1, 2, -3]\n"
-        "        string[] s = {3}[one, two, three]\n"
+        "        string[] s = {3}[\"one\", \"two\", \"three\"]\n"
         "        any[] wildcard [\n"
         "            string = \"simple\"\n"
         "            null\n"
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ void testFormat()
         "scalar.choice->one int32_t = 1024\n"
         "array struct\n"
         "array.i32 int32_t[] = {4}[1, -1, 2, -3]\n"
-        "array.s string[] = {3}[one, two, three]\n"
+        "array.s string[] = {3}[\"one\", \"two\", \"three\"]\n"
         "array.wildcard any[]\n"
         "array.wildcard[0] string = \"simple\"\n"
         "array.wildcard[1] null\n"