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@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ C++ Format
:height: 18px
C++ Format is an open-source formatting library for C++.
It can be used as a type-safe alternative to printf or as a fast
It can be used as a safe alternative to printf or as a fast
alternative to IOStreams.
Features
@ -92,10 +92,11 @@ An object of any user-defined type for which there is an overloaded
std::string s = str(fmt::Format("The date is {}") << Date(2012, 12, 9));
// s == "The date is 2012-12-9"
You can use `fmt::Formatter
You can use `Formatter
<http://cppformat.github.io/doc/latest/#project0classfmt_1_1_formatter>`__
to create your own functions similar to `fmt::Format
<http://cppformat.github.io/doc/latest#fmt::Format__StringRef>`__ and ``fmt::Print``
to create your own functions similar to `Format
<http://cppformat.github.io/doc/latest#fmt::Format__StringRef>`__ and
`Print <http://cppformat.github.io/doc/latest#fmt::Print__StringRef>`__
with an arbitrary action performed when formatting is complete:
.. code-block:: c++
@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ Printf
~~~~~~
The good thing about printf is that it is very fast and readily available
being the part of the C standard library. The main drawback is that it
being a part of the C standard library. The main drawback is that it
doesn't support user-defined types. Printf also has safety issues although
they are mostly solved with `__attribute__ ((format (printf, ...))
<http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Function-Attributes.html>`__ in GCC.