Boost logo

Boost :

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-31 10:24:22


From: "bill_kempf" <williamkempf_at_[hidden]>
> When speaking of locality, to me the important thing is to keep the
> formatting code with the object being formatted. In other words, I
> think that:
>
> cout << format("[1]") << width(10) << foo;
>
> is much preferrable to:
>
> cout << format("[1:10]") << foo;
>
> I think it's easier to read and comprehend, and it certainly will
> make the translation of the format string easier.

Unless the width needs to be "translated," too.


Boost list run by bdawes at acm.org, gregod at cs.rpi.edu, cpdaniel at pacbell.net, john at johnmaddock.co.uk