Re: [boost] String formatting library: interest?

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-15 11:20:53

At 08:24 AM 5/15/2002, Sven Van Echelpoel wrote:

 >I missed the original discussion on the operator%-vs-arg() issue, but
 >after reading Samuel's last mail I got an idea. A syntax like the one
 >below is a little bit more expressive that simply format() % ... % ...

We've had really lengthy discussions about formatting.  In addition to the 
format library already accepted, there are two or three alternatives in 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/files/

If someone has a format approach that is a "stroke of genius", or even 
"significantly better", then we might want to consider a submission. 
Particularly if someone other than the author agrees with the 
characterization. But let's not waste public bandwidth on a "little bit 
more expressive" formatters.

Just my personal opinion,

--Beman