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Make format_arg() accept class hierarchies

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If a base class can be formatted, it is assumed
that the hierarchy can be formatted from the base
class. The idiom is not uncommon with ostreams.
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Bjorn Fahller 2017-07-17 12:35:39 +02:00 committed by Victor Zverovich
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@ -84,6 +84,36 @@ Note in the example above the ``format_arg`` function ignores the contents of
``format_arg`` in :file:`fmt/time.h` for an advanced example of how to use
the ``format_str`` argument to customize the formatted output.
This technique can also be used for formatting class hierarchies::
namespace local {
struct Parent {
Parent(int p) : p(p) {}
virtual void write(fmt::Writer &w) const {
w.write("Parent : p={}", p);
}
int p;
};
struct Child : Parent {
Child(int c, int p) : Parent(p), c(c) {}
virtual void write(fmt::Writer &w) const {
w.write("Child c={} : ", c);
Parent::write(w);
}
int c;
};
void format_arg(fmt::BasicFormatter<char> &f,
const char *&format_str, const Parent &p) {
p.write(f.writer());
}
}
Local::Child c(1,2);
Local::Parent &p = c;
fmt::print("via ref to base: {}\n", p);
fmt::print("direct to child: {}\n", c);
This section shows how to define a custom format function for a user-defined
type. The next section describes how to get ``fmt`` to use a conventional stream
output ``operator<<`` when one is defined for a user-defined type.

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fmt/format.h
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@ -1255,9 +1255,9 @@ inline fmt::StringRef thousands_sep(...) { return ""; }
typedef int FMT_CONCAT_(Assert, __LINE__)[(cond) ? 1 : -1] FMT_UNUSED
#endif
template <typename Formatter, typename Char, typename T>
void format_arg(Formatter &, const Char *, const T &) {
FMT_STATIC_ASSERT(FalseType<T>::value,
template <typename Formatter>
void format_arg(Formatter&, ...) {
FMT_STATIC_ASSERT(FalseType<Formatter>::value,
"Cannot format argument. To enable the use of ostream "
"operator<< include fmt/ostream.h. Otherwise provide "
"an overload of format_arg.");