Phil Endecott schrieb:
Alex MDC wrote:
Therefore I suggest that we add
operator string_type() const { return str(); }
to the interface of basic_format<>.
Any comments?
Sorry to dig this up, but I am +10 for this change.
I'm currently in the process of removing hundreds of old fixed buffer + sprintf() style log messages from our code and this would make my life a *lot* easier (not to mention more readable).
Hi Alex,
Why do you prefer boost.format to sprintf? I gave up on boost.format when I realised that, like std::operator<< and boost::lexical_cast, it formats a uint8_t as a char even when I use %d. I now use something like this to get a std::string using sprintf syntax:
for me also +10 for the change. maybe it should be considered to make work also %d for a uint8_t... Hansjörg