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:target: https://gitter.im/fmtlib/fmt
**{fmt}** is an open-source formatting library for C++.
It can be used as a safe and fast alternative to (s)printf and IOStreams.
It can be used as a safe and fast alternative to (s)printf and iostreams.
`Documentation <http://fmtlib.net/latest/>`__
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* Support for user-defined types.
* High performance: faster than common standard library implementations of
`printf <http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/io/c/fprintf>`_ and
IOStreams. See `Speed tests`_ and `Fast integer to string conversion in C++
iostreams. See `Speed tests`_ and `Fast integer to string conversion in C++
<http://zverovich.net/2013/09/07/integer-to-string-conversion-in-cplusplus.html>`_.
* Small code size both in terms of source code (the minimum configuration
consists of just three header files, ``core.h``, ``format.h`` and
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So why yet another formatting library?
There are plenty of methods for doing this task, from standard ones like
the printf family of function and IOStreams to Boost Format and FastFormat
the printf family of function and iostreams to Boost Format and FastFormat
libraries. The reason for creating a new library is that every existing
solution that I found either had serious issues or didn't provide
all the features I needed.
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to printf but it is not a part of C99 and may not be available on some
platforms.
IOStreams
iostreams
~~~~~~~~~
The main issue with IOStreams is best illustrated with an example:
The main issue with iostreams is best illustrated with an example:
.. code:: c++
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printf("%.2f\n", 1.23456);
Matthew Wilson, the author of FastFormat, called this "chevron hell". IOStreams
doesn't support positional arguments by design.
Matthew Wilson, the author of FastFormat, called this "chevron hell". iostreams
don't support positional arguments by design.
The good part is that IOStreams supports user-defined types and is safe
although error reporting is awkward.
The good part is that iostreams support user-defined types and are safe although
error reporting is awkward.
Boost Format library
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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This library supports printf-like format strings and is very small and
fast. Unfortunately it doesn't support positional arguments and wrapping
it in C++98 is somewhat difficult. Also its performance and code compactness
are limited by IOStreams.
are limited by iostreams.
Boost Spirit.Karma
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is not really a formatting library but I decided to include it here
for completeness. As IOStreams it suffers from the problem of mixing
for completeness. As iostreams it suffers from the problem of mixing
verbatim text with arguments. The library is pretty fast, but slower
on integer formatting than ``fmt::Writer`` on Karma's own benchmark,
see `Fast integer to string conversion in C++
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============= =============== ==================== ==================
printf 2.6 29 26
printf+string 16.4 29 26
IOStreams 31.1 59 55
iostreams 31.1 59 55
fmt 19.0 37 34
tinyformat 44.0 103 97
Boost Format 91.9 226 203
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============= =============== ==================== ==================
As you can see, fmt has 60% less overhead in terms of resulting binary code
size compared to IOStreams and comes pretty close to ``printf``. Boost Format
size compared to iostreams and comes pretty close to ``printf``. Boost Format
and Folly Format have the largest overheads.
``printf+string`` is the same as ``printf`` but with extra ``<string>``
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============= =============== ==================== ==================
printf 2.2 33 30
printf+string 16.0 33 30
IOStreams 28.3 56 52
iostreams 28.3 56 52
fmt 18.2 59 50
tinyformat 32.6 88 82
Boost Format 54.1 365 303