Re: [boost] Re: Formal review of "Output Formatters" library beginstoday

From: John Torjo (john.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-13 03:04:04

David Abrahams wrote:
> "Reece Dunn" <msclrhd_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
> 
>>>I'm generally not a great fan of statefulness, but this also seems
>>>like a reasonable thing to want:
>>>
>>>   namespace io = boost::io;
>>>   std::cout << io::sequence_delimiters("{ ", " }");
>>>   std::cout << io::sequence( vec );
>>>   // output: { 1, 2, 3 }
>>
>>You can achieve something like this using:
>>
>>   io::formatter< const char * > fmt( "{ ", " }" );
>>   std::cout << io::sequence( vec ).format( fmt );
>>
>>If there are any better alternatives, I am willing to listen.
> 
> 
> Well, I think my alternative is better if you want a stateful change,
> since yours doesn't accomplish that.  My suggestion is certainly
> consistent with normal io manipulators.  The point is to stream a
> bunch of sequences without having to repeat the format part.
> 

Yes, that would be very neat. And it's certainly doable:
ios_base::pword

Best,
John

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