Ongoing review of printf-like formatting

From: Tom Becker (voidampersand_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-20 16:52:00

On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 10:46:06 +0100, Jens Maurer <Jens.Maurer_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>Hello!
>
>I've only seen one review comment on Samuel's printf-like
>formatting library for iostreams so far (thanks, Ed).
>
>Since the review period ends on Tuesday, I'd like to see
>a few more comments.  Even if you do an in-depth review, then
>please give at least an accept/don't vote.
>
>Thanks!

I'd much rather that the printf-like formatting use actual 
printf-like syntax. Here's a post with an approach for generating the 
requisite glue. It has minimal overhead and I think it would be 
perfectly reasonable to use in real-world applications.

     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/message/22123
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/message/22105

I've been waiting to see what the response is before voting.

Regards,

   Tom

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Tom Becker                      "Within C++, there is a much smaller and
<voidampersand_at_[hidden]>        cleaner language struggling to get out."
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