Re: [boost] [rfc] I/O Library Design

From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-18 18:09:51

Ion Gaztañaga wrote:

> -> Hard formatting: printf/scanf are much easier to use and they don't 
> need several hundred of function calls to do their job. The operator<< 
> overloading is also a problem if each call needs some internal locking. 
> A formatting syntax that can minimize the locking needs would be a good 
> choice. I would be really happy with a type-safe printf (variadic 
> templates to the rescue).

Something that would use meta-programming to optimize the generation of 
the formatted string would be way better than printf.