----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Maitin-Shepard" <jbms@cmu.edu> To: <boost@lists.boost.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [boost] [rfc] I/O Library Design [snip]
Indeed, it is true that printf is not perfect, because it requires that the arguments are referenced in the same order that they are specified
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Internationalization is, indeed, an issue. But to my mind, if we're speaking of a Standard proposal, we need a more well-thought solution to this problem, and neither current streaming IO nor C-style IO suits it.
I do agree that a well thought out proposal is needed, and that neither iostreams nor C printf are suitable. I'll be happy with anything that
Interesting. Would be real keen to know what the actual goals would be for such a proposal. I can see several excellent proposals arising from the ideas mentioned here, but each would have different goals.