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format
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Format is an open-source C++ library that provides
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Format is an open-source string formatting library for C++.
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string formatting functionality similar to `str.format
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It can be used as a type-safe alternative to `printf` or as a fast
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<http://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#str.format>`__
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alternative to IOStreams.
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in Python.
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Features
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Features
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* `Format string syntax
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* Two APIs: faster concatenation-based write API and slower (but still fast)
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replacement-based format API with positional arguments for localization.
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* Write API similar to the one used by IOStreams but much faster and more
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consistent.
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* Format API with `format string syntax
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<http://vitaut.github.com/format#format-string-syntax>`__
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<http://vitaut.github.com/format#format-string-syntax>`__
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similar to the one used by `str.format
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similar to the one used by `str.format
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<http://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#str.format>`__ in Python.
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<http://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#str.format>`__ in Python.
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* Support for user-defined types.
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* Support for user-defined types.
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* High speed: performance of the current implementation is close to that of
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* High speed: performance of the format API is close to that of
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glibc's ``printf`` and better than performance of IOStreams. See
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glibc's ``printf`` and better than performance of IOStreams. See
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`Speed tests`_.
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`Speed tests`_.
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* Small code size both in terms of source code (format consists of a single
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* Small code size both in terms of source code (format consists of a single
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