Re: Review request : format

From: edbrey (edbrey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-23 09:23:13

--- In boost_at_y..., "Kei--- In boost_at_y..., "Keith Burton" <kb_at_x> wrote:
> I agree that it looks fine when used as in the example but
> I believe the operator based format wins when long lines are
> required
> 
[Example snipped because email reformatting did it in.]

Could you please elaborate on what you see as a signficant 
readability difference between the following two syntaxes:

cout << format("..........%1.............
  .............%2..........")
  % long_expressoin......................
    ..............1
  % long_expressoin......................
    ..............2;

and

cout << format("..........%1............
  .............%2..........")
  (long_expressoin......................
    ..............1)
  (long_expressoin......................
    ..............2);

I'd quite surprised if either syntax took more than just a bit
of playing around to make any given format expression quite readable.