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

From: John Torjo (john.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-23 02:33:58

>  
> 
>>Also, you can save a format object, e.g.:
>>   // old style
>>   containerfmt_t< char, pairfmt_t< char > >
>>      myformat = containerfmt( pairfmt().format( " = " 
> 
> )).format( "<< ", " 
> 
>> >>" );
>>
>>   std::cout << formatob( vec, myformat ); // << ( a = 5 ), ( 
>>b = 7 ), ... 
>> >>
>>   std::cout << formatob( lst, myformat ); // << ( i = 2.132 ), ( j = 
>>3.14159 ), ... >>
>>   std::cin >> formatob( vec, myformat );
> 
> 
> And now I need to write 
> 
> std::cout << formatob( lst, myformat );
> 
> every time I print list? No, thank you.
>  

As opposed to Foo(lst, std::cout)?

I would certainly go with the former...
Also, if you read the rest of the thread, you would have noticed that 
there were a lot of talk about storing the formatter within the stream 
itself. Reece has proposed quite a few solutions - and I'm sure he'll 
come up with a very good one in the end.

What he was explaining is how things are done now - in this version of 
the library.

Best,
John

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