Re: [boost] Boost.Format review comments - [] vs %

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-20 17:13:56

At 07:49 AM 1/20/2002, Samuel Krempp wrote:

 >Now that I think there is a better candidate than '%', I'll add some
 >arguments for 'operator[]' in the doc. but it's rather a matter of
 >taste, so I'm not sure I will be able to convince people with only a few
 >lines..

I'm sorry.  I just find:

    cout << format("writing %3,  x=%1 : %2-th try") % 40.23 % 50 % "toto";

to be a lot easier to write and read than:

    cout << format("writing %3,  x=%1 : %2-th try") [40.23] [50] ["toto"];

I have the sense that Ed's operator[] suggestion would solve some technical 
problems, but it just plain looks too ugly to me.

What do others think?

--Beman