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@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ As you can see boost::format is much slower than the alternative methods; this
is confirmed by `other tests <http://accu.org/index.php/journals/1539>`__. is confirmed by `other tests <http://accu.org/index.php/journals/1539>`__.
Tinyformat is quite good coming close to iostreams. Unfortunately tinyformat Tinyformat is quite good coming close to iostreams. Unfortunately tinyformat
cannot be faster than the iostreams because it uses them internally. cannot be faster than the iostreams because it uses them internally.
Performance of format is close to that of std::ostream but there is a room for
improvement since format is not based on iostreams.
Running the tests Running the tests
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@ -81,7 +83,8 @@ To run the tests you first need to get the format repository with submodules::
$ git clone --recursive git://github.com/vitaut/format.git $ git clone --recursive git://github.com/vitaut/format.git
Then go to the format directory and generate Makefiles with CMake:: Then go to the format directory and generate Makefiles with
`CMake <http://www.cmake.org/>`__::
$ cd format $ cd format
$ cmake . $ cmake .
@ -100,5 +103,7 @@ Acknowledgments
The benchmark section of this readme file and the performance tests are taken The benchmark section of this readme file and the performance tests are taken
from the excellent `tinyformat <https://github.com/c42f/tinyformat>`__ library from the excellent `tinyformat <https://github.com/c42f/tinyformat>`__ library
written by Chris Foster. boost::format is acknowledged transitively since written by Chris Foster. boost::format is acknowledged transitively since
it had some influence on tinyformat. it had some influence on tinyformat. Some ideas used in the implementation
TODO: SafeFormat, Clang DiagnosticHandler are borrowed from `Loki <http://loki-lib.sourceforge.net/>`__ SafeFormat and
`Diagnostic API <http://clang.llvm.org/doxygen/classclang_1_1Diagnostic.html>`__
in `Clang <http://clang.llvm.org/>`__.