Adapt any string-like type to be used by {fmt} just like the standard string types already supported. The adaption is totally non-intrusive.

Signed-off-by: Daniela Engert <dani@ngrt.de>

include/fmt/color.h

@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ inline void reset_color<wchar_t>(FILE *stream) FMT_NOEXCEPT {
 
 template <
   typename String,
-  typename Char = typename internal::format_string_traits<String>::char_type>
+  typename Char = typename internal::has_to_string_view<String>::char_type>
 void vprint_rgb(rgb fd, const String &format,
                 basic_format_args<typename buffer_context<Char>::type> args) {
   internal::fputs<Char>(internal::make_foreground_color<Char>(fd), stdout);
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ void vprint_rgb(rgb fd, const String &format,
 
 template <
   typename String,
-  typename Char = typename internal::format_string_traits<String>::char_type>
+  typename Char = typename internal::has_to_string_view<String>::char_type>
 void vprint_rgb(rgb fd, rgb bg, const String &format,
                 basic_format_args<typename buffer_context<Char>::type> args) {
   internal::fputs<Char>(internal::make_foreground_color<Char>(fd), stdout);
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ template <typename String, typename... Args>
 typename std::enable_if<internal::is_string<String>::value>::type
 print(rgb fd, const String &format_str, const Args & ... args) {
   internal::check_format_string<Args...>(format_str);
-  typedef typename internal::format_string_traits<String>::char_type char_t;
+  typedef typename internal::has_to_string_view<String>::char_type char_t;
   typedef typename buffer_context<char_t>::type context_t;
   format_arg_store<context_t, Args...> as{args...};
   vprint_rgb(fd, format_str, basic_format_args<context_t>(as));
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ template <typename String, typename... Args>
 typename std::enable_if<internal::is_string<String>::value>::type
 print(rgb fd, rgb bg, const String &format_str, const Args & ... args) {
   internal::check_format_string<Args...>(format_str);
-  typedef typename internal::format_string_traits<String>::char_type char_t;
+  typedef typename internal::has_to_string_view<String>::char_type char_t;
   typedef typename buffer_context<char_t>::type context_t;
   format_arg_store<context_t, Args...> as{args...};
   vprint_rgb(fd, bg, format_str, basic_format_args<context_t>(as));

include/fmt/core.h

@@ -435,10 +435,30 @@ class basic_string_view {
 typedef basic_string_view<char> string_view;
 typedef basic_string_view<wchar_t> wstring_view;
 
+template <typename Char>
+inline basic_string_view<Char>
+  to_string_view(const std::basic_string<Char> &s) { return s; }
+
+template <typename Char>
+inline basic_string_view<Char> to_string_view(const Char *s) { return s; }
+
+#ifdef FMT_STRING_VIEW
+template <typename Char>
+inline basic_string_view<Char>
+  to_string_view(FMT_STRING_VIEW<Char> s) { return s; }
+#endif
+
 // A base class for compile-time strings. It is defined in the fmt namespace to
 // make formatting functions visible via ADL, e.g. format(fmt("{}"), 42).
 struct compile_string {};
 
+template <typename S>
+struct is_compile_string : std::is_base_of<compile_string, S> {};
+
+template <typename S>
+inline typename std::enable_if<is_compile_string<S>::value, string_view>::type
+  to_string_view(const S &s) { return {s.data(), s.size() - 1}; }
+
 template <typename Context>
 class basic_format_arg;
 
@@ -465,51 +485,28 @@ struct convert_to_int: std::integral_constant<
 
 namespace internal {
 
-// If S is a format string type, format_string_traints<S>::char_type gives its
-// character type.
-template <typename S, typename Enable = void>
-class format_string_traits {
-  // Use emptyness as a way to detect if format_string_traits is
-  // specialized because other methods are broken on MSVC2013 or gcc 4.4.
-  int dummy;
+template <typename S>
+struct get_char_type {
+  typedef void char_type;
 };
 
 template <typename Char>
-struct format_string_traits_base { typedef Char char_type; };
+struct get_char_type<basic_string_view<Char>> {
+  typedef Char char_type;
+};
 
-template <typename Char>
-struct format_string_traits<Char *> : format_string_traits_base<Char> {};
+using fmt::v5::to_string_view;
 
-template <typename Char>
-struct format_string_traits<const Char *> : format_string_traits_base<Char> {};
-
-template <typename Char, std::size_t N>
-struct format_string_traits<Char[N]> : format_string_traits_base<Char> {};
-
-template <typename Char, std::size_t N>
-struct format_string_traits<const Char[N]> : format_string_traits_base<Char> {};
-
-template <typename Char>
-struct format_string_traits<std::basic_string<Char>> :
-    format_string_traits_base<Char> {};
-
-#ifdef FMT_STRING_VIEW
-template <typename Char>
-struct format_string_traits<FMT_STRING_VIEW<Char>> :
-    format_string_traits_base<Char> {};
-#endif
+void to_string_view(...);
 
 template <typename S>
-struct format_string_traits<
-    S, typename std::enable_if<std::is_base_of<
-         basic_string_view<typename S::char_type>, S>::value>::type> :
-    format_string_traits_base<typename S::char_type> {};
+struct has_to_string_view {
+  typedef typename get_char_type<decltype(to_string_view(internal::declval<S>()))>::char_type char_type;
+  static const bool value = !std::is_same<void, decltype(to_string_view(internal::declval<S>()))>::value;
+};
 
 template <typename S>
-struct is_string : std::is_empty<format_string_traits<S>> {};
-
-template <typename S>
-struct is_compile_string : std::is_base_of<compile_string, S> {};
+struct is_string : internal::has_to_string_view<S> {};
 
 template <typename Char>
 struct named_arg_base;
@@ -714,7 +711,8 @@ inline typename std::enable_if<
 
 template <typename C, typename T, typename Char = typename C::char_type>
 inline typename std::enable_if<
-    internal::is_constructible<basic_string_view<Char>, T>::value,
+    internal::is_constructible<basic_string_view<Char>, T>::value &&
+    !internal::has_to_string_view<T>::value,
     init<C, basic_string_view<Char>, string_type>>::type
   make_value(const T &val) { return basic_string_view<Char>(val); }
 
@@ -722,7 +720,8 @@ template <typename C, typename T, typename Char = typename C::char_type>
 inline typename std::enable_if<
     !convert_to_int<T, Char>::value &&
     !std::is_convertible<T, basic_string_view<Char>>::value &&
-    !internal::is_constructible<basic_string_view<Char>, T>::value,
+    !internal::is_constructible<basic_string_view<Char>, T>::value &&
+    !internal::has_to_string_view<T>::value,
     // Implicit conversion to std::string is not handled here because it's
     // unsafe: https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/issues/729
     init<C, const T &, custom_type>>::type
@@ -736,6 +735,19 @@ init<C, const void*, named_arg_type>
   return static_cast<const void*>(&val);
 }
 
+template <typename C, typename S>
+FMT_CONSTEXPR11 typename std::enable_if<
+  internal::has_to_string_view<S>::value,
+  init<C, basic_string_view<typename C::char_type>, string_type>>::type
+    make_value(const S &val) {
+  // Handle adapted strings.
+  static_assert(std::is_same<
+    typename C::char_type,
+    typename internal::has_to_string_view<S>::char_type>::value,
+    "mismatch between char-types of context and argument");
+  return to_string_view(val);
+}
+
 // Maximum number of arguments with packed types.
 enum { max_packed_args = 15 };
 
@@ -1256,7 +1268,8 @@ struct wformat_args : basic_format_args<wformat_context> {
 #if FMT_USE_ALIAS_TEMPLATES
 /** String's character type. */
 template <typename S>
-using char_t = typename internal::format_string_traits<S>::char_type;
+using char_t = typename std::enable_if<internal::has_to_string_view<S>::value,
+  typename internal::has_to_string_view<S>::char_type>::type;
 #define FMT_CHAR(S) char_t<S>
 
 template <typename S, typename T>
@@ -1264,7 +1277,12 @@ using enable_if_string_t =
   typename std::enable_if<internal::is_string<S>::value, T>::type;
 #define FMT_ENABLE_IF_STRING(S, T) enable_if_string_t<S, T>
 #else
-#define FMT_CHAR(S) typename internal::format_string_traits<S>::char_type
+template <typename S>
+struct char_t : std::enable_if<
+    internal::has_to_string_view<S>::value,
+    typename internal::has_to_string_view<S>::char_type> {};
+#define FMT_CHAR(S) typename char_t<S>::type
+
 #define FMT_ENABLE_IF_STRING(S, T) \
   typename std::enable_if<internal::is_string<S>::value, T>::type
 #endif
@@ -1316,17 +1334,39 @@ struct checked_args : format_arg_store<
   basic_format_args<context> operator*() const { return *this; }
 };
 
-template <typename S>
-inline basic_string_view<FMT_CHAR(S)> to_string_view(const S &s) {
-  return basic_string_view<FMT_CHAR(S)>(s);
-}
-
 template <typename Char>
 std::basic_string<Char> vformat(
   basic_string_view<Char> format_str,
   basic_format_args<typename buffer_context<Char>::type> args);
 }
 
+/**
+  \rst
+  The function ``to_string_view`` adapts non-intrusively any kind of string or
+  string-like type if the user provides a (possibly templated) overload of
+  ``to_string_view`` which takes an instance of the string class
+  ``StringType<Char>`` and returns a ``fmt::basic_string_view<Char>``.
+  The conversion function must live in the very same namespace as
+  ``StringType<Char>`` to be picked up by ADL. Non-templated string types
+  like f.e. QString must return a ``basic_string_view`` with a fixed matching
+  char type.
+
+  **Example**::
+
+    namespace my_ns {
+    inline string_view to_string_view(const my_string &s) {
+        return { s.data(), s.length() };
+    }
+    }
+
+    std::string message = fmt::format(my_string("The answer is {}"), 42);
+  \endrst
+ */
+template <typename Char>
+inline basic_string_view<Char> to_string_view(basic_string_view<Char> s) {
+  return s;
+}
+
 /**
   \rst
   Returns a named argument to be used in a formatting function.
@@ -1374,7 +1414,7 @@ typename std::enable_if<
     const S &format_str,
     basic_format_args<typename buffer_context<FMT_CHAR(S)>::type> args) {
   internal::container_buffer<Container> buf(internal::get_container(out));
-  vformat_to(buf, internal::to_string_view(format_str), args);
+  vformat_to(buf, to_string_view(format_str), args);
   return out;
 }
 
@@ -1385,14 +1425,14 @@ inline typename std::enable_if<
     format_to(std::back_insert_iterator<Container> out, const S &format_str,
               const Args &... args) {
   internal::checked_args<S, Args...> ca(format_str, args...);
-  return vformat_to(out, internal::to_string_view(format_str), *ca);
+  return vformat_to(out, to_string_view(format_str), *ca);
 }
 
 template <typename S, typename Char = FMT_CHAR(S)>
 inline std::basic_string<Char> vformat(
     const S &format_str,
     basic_format_args<typename buffer_context<Char>::type> args) {
-  return internal::vformat(internal::to_string_view(format_str), args);
+  return internal::vformat(to_string_view(format_str), args);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1409,7 +1449,7 @@ template <typename S, typename... Args>
 inline std::basic_string<FMT_CHAR(S)> format(
     const S &format_str, const Args &... args) {
   return internal::vformat(
-    internal::to_string_view(format_str),
+    to_string_view(format_str),
     *internal::checked_args<S, Args...>(format_str, args...));
 }
 
@@ -1430,7 +1470,7 @@ FMT_API void vprint(std::FILE *f, wstring_view format_str, wformat_args args);
 template <typename S, typename... Args>
 inline FMT_ENABLE_IF_STRING(S, void)
     print(std::FILE *f, const S &format_str, const Args &... args) {
-  vprint(f, internal::to_string_view(format_str),
+  vprint(f, to_string_view(format_str),
          internal::checked_args<S, Args...>(format_str, args...));
 }
 
@@ -1449,7 +1489,7 @@ FMT_API void vprint(wstring_view format_str, wformat_args args);
 template <typename S, typename... Args>
 inline FMT_ENABLE_IF_STRING(S, void)
     print(const S &format_str, const Args &... args) {
-  vprint(internal::to_string_view(format_str),
+  vprint(to_string_view(format_str),
          internal::checked_args<S, Args...>(format_str, args...));
 }
 FMT_END_NAMESPACE

include/fmt/format.h

@@ -1190,11 +1190,6 @@ inline typename std::enable_if<sizeof(Double) != sizeof(uint64_t), bool>::type
 template <typename Double>
 void sprintf_format(Double, internal::buffer &, core_format_specs);
 
-template <typename S>
-struct format_string_traits<
-  S, typename std::enable_if<std::is_base_of<compile_string, S>::value>::type>:
-    format_string_traits_base<char> {};
-
 template <typename Handler>
 FMT_CONSTEXPR void handle_int_type_spec(char spec, Handler &&handler) {
   switch (spec) {
@@ -3345,20 +3340,20 @@ inline typename buffer_context<FMT_CHAR(String)>::type::iterator vformat_to(
     basic_format_args<typename buffer_context<Char>::type> args) {
   typedef back_insert_range<internal::basic_buffer<FMT_CHAR(String)> > range;
   return vformat_to<arg_formatter<range>>(
-    buf, basic_string_view<Char>(format_str), args);
+    buf, to_string_view(format_str), args);
 }
 
 template <
     typename String, typename... Args,
     std::size_t SIZE = inline_buffer_size,
-    typename Char = typename internal::format_string_traits<String>::char_type>
+    typename Char = typename internal::has_to_string_view<String>::char_type>
 inline typename buffer_context<Char>::type::iterator format_to(
     basic_memory_buffer<Char, SIZE> &buf, const String &format_str,
     const Args &... args) {
   internal::check_format_string<Args...>(format_str);
   typedef typename buffer_context<Char>::type context;
   format_arg_store<context, Args...> as{args...};
-  return vformat_to(buf, basic_string_view<Char>(format_str),
+  return vformat_to(buf, to_string_view(format_str),
                     basic_format_args<context>(as));
 }
 
@@ -3378,7 +3373,8 @@ inline OutputIt vformat_to(
     OutputIt out, const String &format_str,
     typename format_args_t<OutputIt, FMT_CHAR(String)>::type args) {
   typedef output_range<OutputIt, FMT_CHAR(String)> range;
-  return vformat_to<arg_formatter<range>>(range(out), format_str, args);
+  return vformat_to<arg_formatter<range>>(range(out),
+                                          to_string_view(format_str), args);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3398,7 +3394,7 @@ inline FMT_ENABLE_IF_STRING(S, OutputIt)
   internal::check_format_string<Args...>(format_str);
   typedef typename format_context_t<OutputIt, FMT_CHAR(S)>::type context;
   format_arg_store<context, Args...> as{args...};
-  return vformat_to(out, basic_string_view<FMT_CHAR(S)>(format_str),
+  return vformat_to(out, to_string_view(format_str),
                     basic_format_args<context>(as));
 }
 
@@ -3448,7 +3444,7 @@ inline FMT_ENABLE_IF_STRING(S, format_to_n_result<OutputIt>)
   internal::check_format_string<Args...>(format_str);
   typedef FMT_CHAR(S) Char;
   format_arg_store<format_to_n_context<OutputIt, Char>, Args...> as(args...);
-  return vformat_to_n(out, n, internal::to_string_view(format_str),
+  return vformat_to_n(out, n, to_string_view(format_str),
                       format_to_n_args<OutputIt, Char>(as));
 }
 

include/fmt/ostream.h

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ inline typename std::enable_if<internal::is_string<S>::value>::type
 print(std::basic_ostream<FMT_CHAR(S)> &os, const S &format_str,
       const Args & ... args) {
   internal::checked_args<S, Args...> ca(format_str, args...);
-  vprint(os, internal::to_string_view(format_str), *ca);
+  vprint(os, to_string_view(format_str), *ca);
 }
 FMT_END_NAMESPACE
 

include/fmt/printf.h

@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ inline FMT_ENABLE_IF_STRING(S, std::basic_string<FMT_CHAR(S)>)
   typedef internal::basic_buffer<FMT_CHAR(S)> buffer;
   typedef typename printf_context<buffer>::type context;
   format_arg_store<context, Args...> as{ args... };
-  return vsprintf(internal::to_string_view(format_str),
+  return vsprintf(to_string_view(format_str),
                   basic_format_args<context>(as));
 }
 
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ inline FMT_ENABLE_IF_STRING(S, int)
   typedef internal::basic_buffer<FMT_CHAR(S)> buffer;
   typedef typename printf_context<buffer>::type context;
   format_arg_store<context, Args...> as{ args... };
-  return vfprintf(f, internal::to_string_view(format_str),
+  return vfprintf(f, to_string_view(format_str),
                   basic_format_args<context>(as));
 }
 
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ inline FMT_ENABLE_IF_STRING(S, int)
   typedef internal::basic_buffer<FMT_CHAR(S)> buffer;
   typedef typename printf_context<buffer>::type context;
   format_arg_store<context, Args...> as{ args... };
-  return vprintf(internal::to_string_view(format_str),
+  return vprintf(to_string_view(format_str),
                  basic_format_args<context>(as));
 }
 
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ inline FMT_ENABLE_IF_STRING(S, int)
   typedef internal::basic_buffer<FMT_CHAR(S)> buffer;
   typedef typename printf_context<buffer>::type context;
   format_arg_store<context, Args...> as{ args... };
-  return vfprintf(os, internal::to_string_view(format_str),
+  return vfprintf(os, to_string_view(format_str),
                   basic_format_args<context>(as));
 }
 FMT_END_NAMESPACE

test/core-test.cc

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <limits>
 #include <string>
 #include <type_traits>
+#include <memory>
 
 #include "test-assert.h"
 
@@ -451,6 +452,47 @@ TEST(CoreTest, IsEnumConvertibleToInt) {
   EXPECT_TRUE((fmt::convert_to_int<enum_with_underlying_type, char>::value));
 }
 
+namespace my_ns {
+template <typename Char>
+class my_string {
+ public:
+  my_string(const Char *s) : s_(s) {}
+  const Char * data() const FMT_NOEXCEPT { return s_.data(); }
+  std::size_t length() const FMT_NOEXCEPT { return s_.size(); }
+  operator const Char*() const { return s_.c_str(); }
+ private:
+  std::basic_string<Char> s_;
+};
+
+template <typename Char>
+inline fmt::basic_string_view<Char>
+    to_string_view(const my_string<Char> &s) FMT_NOEXCEPT {
+  return { s.data(), s.length() };
+}
+
+struct non_string {};
+}
+
+namespace FakeQt {
+class QString {
+ public:
+  QString(const wchar_t *s) : s_(std::make_shared<std::wstring>(s)) {}
+  const wchar_t *utf16() const FMT_NOEXCEPT { return s_->data(); }
+  int size() const FMT_NOEXCEPT { return static_cast<int>(s_->size()); }
+#ifdef FMT_STRING_VIEW
+  operator FMT_STRING_VIEW<wchar_t>() const FMT_NOEXCEPT { return *s_; }
+#endif
+ private:
+  std::shared_ptr<std::wstring> s_;
+};
+
+inline fmt::basic_string_view<wchar_t> to_string_view(
+    const QString &s) FMT_NOEXCEPT {
+  return {reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(s.utf16()),
+          static_cast<std::size_t>(s.size())};
+}
+}
+
 template <typename T>
 class IsStringTest : public testing::Test {};
 
@@ -468,11 +510,16 @@ TYPED_TEST(IsStringTest, IsString) {
   EXPECT_TRUE((fmt::internal::is_string<TypeParam[2]>::value));
   EXPECT_TRUE((fmt::internal::is_string<const TypeParam[2]>::value));
   EXPECT_TRUE((fmt::internal::is_string<std::basic_string<TypeParam>>::value));
-  EXPECT_TRUE((fmt::internal::is_string<fmt::basic_string_view<TypeParam>>::value));
-  EXPECT_TRUE((fmt::internal::is_string<derived_from_string_view<TypeParam>>::value));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(
+        (fmt::internal::is_string<fmt::basic_string_view<TypeParam>>::value));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(
+        (fmt::internal::is_string<derived_from_string_view<TypeParam>>::value));
 #ifdef FMT_STRING_VIEW
   EXPECT_TRUE((fmt::internal::is_string<FMT_STRING_VIEW<TypeParam>>::value));
 #endif
+  EXPECT_TRUE((fmt::internal::is_string<my_ns::my_string<TypeParam>>::value));
+  EXPECT_FALSE((fmt::internal::is_string<my_ns::non_string>::value));
+  EXPECT_TRUE((fmt::internal::is_string<FakeQt::QString>::value));
 }
 
 TEST(CoreTest, Format) {
@@ -482,3 +529,31 @@ TEST(CoreTest, Format) {
 #endif
   EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", 42), "42");
 }
+
+TEST(CoreTest, ToStringViewForeignStrings) {
+  using namespace my_ns;
+  using namespace FakeQt;
+  EXPECT_EQ(to_string_view(my_string<char>("42")), "42");
+  EXPECT_EQ(to_string_view(my_string<wchar_t>(L"42")), L"42");
+  EXPECT_EQ(to_string_view(QString(L"42")), L"42");
+  fmt::internal::type type =
+      fmt::internal::get_type<fmt::format_context, my_string<char>>::value;
+  EXPECT_EQ(type, fmt::internal::string_type);
+  type =
+      fmt::internal::get_type<fmt::wformat_context, my_string<wchar_t>>::value;
+  EXPECT_EQ(type, fmt::internal::string_type);
+  type = fmt::internal::get_type<fmt::wformat_context, QString>::value;
+  EXPECT_EQ(type, fmt::internal::string_type);
+  // Does not compile: only wide format contexts are compatible with QString!
+  // type = fmt::internal::get_type<fmt::format_context, QString>::value;
+}
+
+TEST(CoreTest, FormatForeignStrings) {
+  using namespace my_ns;
+  using namespace FakeQt;
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format(my_string<char>("{}"), 42), "42");
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format(my_string<wchar_t>(L"{}"), 42), L"42");
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format(QString(L"{}"), 42), L"42");
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format(QString(L"{}"), my_string<wchar_t>(L"42")), L"42");
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format(my_string<wchar_t>(L"{}"), QString(L"42")), L"42");
+}