I just read about the FastFormat C++ i/o formatting library, and it seems too good to be true: Faster even than printf, typesafe, and with what I consider a pleasing interface: // prints: "This formats the remaining arguments based on their order - in this case we put 1 before zero, followed by 1 again" fastformat::fmt(std::cout, "T...
I need to use FormatMessage() for a project, but I don't like its scary interface. Does anyone know of a facade that tidies it up while still allowing for the replacement parameters? I just read the second part of the FastFormat introduction, and am considering writing an extension for FormatMessage() (or asking the FastFormat project t...
The FastFormat library works like this: string example; fastformat::fmt(example, "I am asking {0} question on {1}", 1, "stackoverflow"); It also claims "100% type-safety". I can understand how other libraries such as boost::format achieve that by overloading operator%, something I do fairly often with my code too. But if I was able t...