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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 alternative to printf or as a fast
-alternative to IOStreams.
+It can be used as a safe and fast alternative to (s)printf and IOStreams.
`Documentation `_
@@ -23,16 +22,11 @@ This is a development branch, released versions are available from the
Features
--------
-* Two APIs: faster concatenation-based `write API
- `_ and slower, but still very
- fast, replacement-based `format API
- `_ with positional arguments for
- localization.
-* Write API similar to the one used by IOStreams but stateless allowing faster
- implementation.
-* Format API with `format string syntax `_
- similar to the one used by `str.format
- `_ in Python.
+* Replacement-based `format API `_ with
+ positional arguments for localization.
+* `Format string syntax `_ similar to the one
+ of `str.format `_
+ in Python.
* Safe `printf implementation
`_ including
the POSIX extension for positional arguments.