4 Aug
2023
4 Aug
'23
12:05 a.m.
On 2023-08-03 19:51, John Cowan wrote:
On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 1:29 PM Alejandro Colomar
<alx.manpages(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
But if speed is not a problem, I'd keep the good ol' syntax that
everybody knows. No need to make everybody learn a "cool" new print
I didn't claim that there's never a reason to invent new syntax. My claim
was rather that in this case, there isn't.
- printf(3) is more powerful than any other existing formatting function
that I know of any language --I'm still curious of what's the equivalent
of "%+'0#8.5f" in other formatting functions--.
- It is also reasonably fast (at least for such a highly-customizable
formatting function), and I'd like to see any system beat that while
keeping the customizability.
- It is type-safe, with the right tools.
I can understand the need for less-customizable faster formatting functions
for very-high-performance programs, and std::format may fit well there. But
other than that, I don't see a reason to invent so many different formatting
functions. Of course, one may do that just for fun, in which case I applaud
that. But printf(3) is superior to them, IMO.
Alex
function, that probably won't be as tunable
as printf(3) is.
By that argument, there would be no C, only Algol 68 and PL/I, or subsets
of them.