On 1/31/23 19:51, Jonathan Wakely via Std-Proposals wrote:
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> On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 at 18:48, Jason McKesson via Std-Proposals
> <std-proposals_at_[hidden] <mailto:std-proposals_at_[hidden]>>
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> Why do we want to improve type-unsafe tools like `printf` when we have
> type-safe tools like `std::format`? We don't quite have a scanf
> equivalent yet, but it'd be better to work on that.
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> And any changes to printf would have to go through the C committee
> (WG14) not the C++ committee.

It is possible to build a type-safe extension without the involvement
of the C committee:

   https://github.com/rokudev/rostd/blob/main/doc/printx.adoc
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dg7dMRjyxI