Re: [boost] Review request : format

From: Karl Nelson (kenelson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-19 13:35:22

Another question regarding the proposed formatted class.  

Why use the operator "%" for combining items.  It is not streamlike
and introduces precidence problems which C++ coders do not normally
have with streams.  Previous discussions (when I submitted my formatting
class) here concluded operator << was a better choice.

--Karl

Ie.  

#include<iostream>
ostream& operator % (ostream& os, ostream& (&manip)(ostream &))
  { return os << manip; }
ostream& operator % (ostream& os, int i)
  { return os << i; }

main()
{
  cout << 1+2 <<endl;
  cout % 1+2 % endl;
}