Re: Formatted output with std::basic_ostream

[Roger Leigh]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

David W Noon <dwnoon@spamtrap.ntlworld.com> writes:

> On Saturday 17 Dec 2005 18:23 in article
> <873bkrpopc.fsf@hardknott.home.whinlatter.ukfsn.org> of
> comp.os.linux.development.apps, Roger Leigh wrote:
>
>> Are there any GNU extensions that allow this, or could anyone suggest
>> an alternate solution?
>
> The Boost class library supports format objects that can be sent to
> iostream objects. It's poorly documented, but quite simple. There was
> an article in "C/C++ Users' Journal" a couple of months ago that had a
> couple of worked examples.

Thanks for the suggestions.

I've taken a look at Boost.Format, and it looks ideal.  It will even
work correctly with gettext/xgettext, which was my main worry.  I'll
give this a go soon.


Thanks again,
Roger

- -- 
Roger Leigh
                Printing on GNU/Linux?  http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/
                Debian GNU/Linux        http://www.debian.org/
                GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848.  Please sign and encrypt your mail.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8+ <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/>

iD8DBQFDqaYLVcFcaSW/uEgRAo8CAJ9VnYvVFFSJzQ0dAfanZ/f7MssmlQCgt5TA
1AHd3qVF8V3lfAlEE4SjJ1c=
=Vf2G
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----