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

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-19 01:23:41

Jeremy Maitin-Shepard wrote:
> Andrey Semashev <andysem_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
>> Printf is not a solution since there may be radical differences in 
>> phrase composition in different languages.
> 
> Indeed, it is true that printf is not perfect, because it requires that
> the arguments are referenced in the same order that they are specified
> in the source code, and that they can only be referenced exactly once.
> Very simple extensions can be used to support that, however, such as
> allowing arguments to be referenced by number (or perhaps by a name) and
> thereby provide a suitable solution.

You just described the Boost.Format library.

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