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@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ Motivation
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 library and
FastFormat. The reason for creating a new library is that every existing
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.
@ -276,9 +276,8 @@ which is a lot of typing compared to printf:
printf("%.2f\n", 1.23456);
Matthew Wilson, the author of FastFormat, referred to this situation with
IOStreams as "chevron hell". IOStreams doesn't support positional arguments
by design.
Matthew Wilson, the author of FastFormat, called this "chevron hell". IOStreams
doesn't support positional arguments by design.
The good part is that IOStreams supports user-defined types and is safe
although error reporting is awkward.