From: Rainer Deyke (root_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-20 16:56:20
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From: "rogeeff" <rogeeff_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 1:56 PM
Subject: [boost] Re: anti formatter
> --- In boost_at_y..., "Rainer Deyke" <root_at_r...> wrote:
> > As far as I'm concerned, its real value is that it allows formatted
> output
> > with less of the horrendous iostream syntax. Anything else is just
> a nice
> > side effect.
>
> printf allows the same.
'printf' is neither typesafe nor polymorphic. 'boost::format' will
presumably be both.
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