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Re: [isocpp-lib-ext] LEWG(I) Weekly review - P2549R0: Should the output of std::print to a terminal be synchronized with the underlying stream?

From: Jonathan Wakely <cxx_at_[hidden]>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 10:10:02 +0100
+1

On Mon, 28 Mar 2022, 18:09 Inbal Levi via Lib-Ext, <lib-ext_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> Hello all,
> Today we have a paper in a bit of a different format (😉) -
> this is an *Info* paper, which the fmt library author wrote to notify
> LEWG of the current behaviour.
> Currently there's *no action* suggested in the paper, but we would like the
> author to *get an indication on the amount of support for the status quo,
> as well as **whether a change is needed.*
>
> P2539R0: Should the output of std::print to a terminal be synchronized
> with the underlying stream? (wg21.link/P2539)
> by: Victor Zverovich
>
> ***
> *From the Discussion:*
> To prevent mojibake std::print may use a native Unicode API when writing
> to a terminal bypassing the stream buffer. During the review of [P2093]
> <http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2022/p2539r0.html#biblio-p2093> "Formatted
> output" Tim Song suggested that synchronizing std::print with the
> underlying stream may be beneficial for gradual adoption.
>
> *Some meta data:*
>
> - *Bottom Line: *Neither {fmt} ([FMT]) nor Rust ([RUST-STDIO]) do such
> synchronization in their implementations of print.
> - To indicate your opinion on whether a change is needed (reasoning
> is, of course, welcome):
> - If you support the status quo (no change): please response with *"No
> Change"*
> - If you think a change is needed (synchronize the output with the
> underlying steam): please response* "+1"*
>
> ***
>
> *Weekly reviews improve quality!*
> Running weekly reviews allows more iterations on each proposal, which
> hopefully, in turn, will result in more accurate and subtle fixes.
>
> Thank you for taking the time to review the proposal,
> and have a great week!
>
> Inbal Levi
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