Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 13:53:34 +0200
Hello, I have a question regarding std::format.
The API works generally very well, but it is problematic to escape every
{ and }, especially when there are a lot of those, like in json objects.
Suppose I have for example the literal
R"json({
"data": {
"data 1": [
{"id":1,"name":"foo"},
{"id":2,"name":"bar"}
],
"data 2": {"id":2,"name":"____"}
},
"otherstuff": {
"void": [[1,42],[-1,____]]
}
})json"
And I would like to use std::format for replacing ____ with some values.
As far as I know, it is not possible to instruct std::format to use
another pair of delimiters for a single call.
Falling back to std::printf or std::cout does not seem to be the right
solution, and escaping every { and } has drawbacks too.
Was this issue ever discussed or acknowledged?
Are there some obvious workarounds I'm missing?
Best
Federico
The API works generally very well, but it is problematic to escape every
{ and }, especially when there are a lot of those, like in json objects.
Suppose I have for example the literal
R"json({
"data": {
"data 1": [
{"id":1,"name":"foo"},
{"id":2,"name":"bar"}
],
"data 2": {"id":2,"name":"____"}
},
"otherstuff": {
"void": [[1,42],[-1,____]]
}
})json"
And I would like to use std::format for replacing ____ with some values.
As far as I know, it is not possible to instruct std::format to use
another pair of delimiters for a single call.
Falling back to std::printf or std::cout does not seem to be the right
solution, and escaping every { and } has drawbacks too.
Was this issue ever discussed or acknowledged?
Are there some obvious workarounds I'm missing?
Best
Federico
Received on 2023-04-18 11:53:40