From: Caleb Epstein (caleb.epstein_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-30 09:30:15
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:35:12 +0400, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> While it's generally considered a bad practice to provide implicit
> conversions, I think it would be good to provide such a conversion for the
> boost::format class. Currently, I can't write:
>
> string s;
> s = format("%1%") % 10;
>
> and need to write
>
> s = (format("%1%") % 10).str();
>
> Maybe it's specifics of my code, but I can count 10 such conversions in a
> single source file. I think that:
>
> 1. Calling .str() is rather inconvenient.
Is the free-function syntax
str (format (...))
more palatable?
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