Re: [boost] Re: Review request : format

From: Keith Burton (kb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-23 12:49:28

Sorry I was unclear

most long expressions contain many ()s  but not many contain %
therefore it is easier to see what is each parameter

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From: "edbrey" <edbrey_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 2:23 PM
Subject: [boost] Re: Review request : format

> --- 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.
>
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