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Hello everyone,

Taking a look at this proposal, I was just wondering why we would want to
add a printf-like interface to the iostreams library.
When something has to be formatted, it must be sent to the output.

I think, in my opinion, that the correct way to do it is to format a string
and to return a string formatted that could be output later.

Why? Because this way you can format strings in memory easily. This is what python3
string formatting <http://www.diveinto.org/python3/strings.html> does AFAIK
and it has proved to
work very well in my experience using it.

Is there anything I am overlooking?

Thanks

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hello everyone,<div><br></div><div>Taking a look at this p=
roposal, I was just wondering why we would want to add a printf-like interf=
ace to the iostreams library.</div><div>When something has to be formatted,=
 it must be sent to the output.</div><div><br></div><div>I think, in my opi=
nion, that the correct way to do it is to format a string and to return a s=
tring formatted that could be output later.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>=
Why? Because this way you can format strings in memory easily. This is what=
&nbsp;<a href=3D"http://www.diveinto.org/python3/strings.html">python3 stri=
ng formatting</a>&nbsp;does AFAIK and it has proved to</div><div>work very =
well in my experience using it.</div><div><br></div><div>Is there anything =
I am overlooking?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div></div>

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