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autosprintf: Introduction

 
 1 Introduction
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    This package makes the C formatted output routines ('fprintf' et al.)
 usable in C++ programs, for use with the '<string>' strings and the
 '<iostream>' streams.
 
    It allows to write code like
 
      cerr << autosprintf ("syntax error in %s:%d: %s", filename, line, errstring);
 
 instead of
 
      cerr << "syntax error in " << filename << ":" << line << ": " << errstring;
 
    The benefits of the autosprintf syntax are:
 
    * It reuses the standard POSIX printf facility.  Easy migration from
      C to C++.
 
    * English sentences are kept together.
 
    * It makes internationalization possible.  Internationalization
      requires format strings, because in some cases the translator needs
      to change the order of a sentence, and more generally it is easier
      for the translator to work with a single string for a sentence than
      with multiple string pieces.
 
    * It reduces the risk of programming errors due to forgotten state in
      the output stream (e.g. 'cout << hex;' not followed by 'cout <<
      dec;').
 

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