Why not simplify the std::format interface with a simple overload (
https://godbolt.org/z/cfGr6v4rf)? This would solve both issues with
error-prone and cumbersome std::format("{}", 7) interface and inconsistent
function names.

On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 at 22:20, Edward Catmur via Std-Proposals <
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> On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 at 14:03, Giuseppe D'Angelo via Std-Proposals <
> std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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>> On 05/10/2023 15:13, Jonathan Sweemer via Std-Proposals wrote:
>> > If there is a generic version of std::to_string then it should produce
>> > the same result as std::format, no?
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>> Which then also raises the question, is there a concept that doesn't
>> simply check that a type is formattable, but that it's formattable with
>> "{}"?
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> Not in the standard. It could be written:
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> std::formattable<T, char> and [](std::format_parse_context pc) {
> return std::formatter<T>().parse(pc) == pc.end();
> }(std::format_parse_context(std::string_view()))
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