On Fri, 20 Mar 2020 at 07:16, jf wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm a printf-like function lover. I always found that better than doing > something like out << "blabla : " << var1 << ", blabla" << etc. > > Now, I use a lot of different platforms and to be portable, I'm supposed > to use PRIxxx constants for portability. For me that half-breaks the > readability of printf format. > > What about a new set of functions that'll be specified slightly > differently : > > What if we can write %d for ANY number ?
You should look at https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/format and the reference implementation https://fmt.dev/ There's no need for compiler magic.
