Anything like Boost.Format in the C++11 standard? I've been able to avoid using Boost with a better C++11 option for every other need I've had. For that matter, Boost.Format doesn't hold a candle ...

The Boost Format documentation says: One of its goal is to provide a replacement for printf, that means format can parse a format-string designed for printf, apply it to the given arguments, a...

Suppose I have a printf-like function (used for logging) utilizing perfect forwarding: template<typename... Arguments> void awesome_printf(std::string const& fmt, Arguments&&... ...

I want to format a floating point value to n significant digits but never using scientific notation (even if it would be shorter). The format specification %f doesn't deal in significant digits, a...

Following is not possible: std::string s = boost::format("%d") % 1; // error You have to explicitely call the method str(): std::string s = (boost::format("%d") % 1).str(); // OK It wou...

I have a function in my namespace ns that helps me print STL containers. For example: template <typename T> std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& stream, const std::set<T&g...

I know that using the %s format specifier and std::string like this leads to undefined behaviour: std::string myString = "test"; printf("%s", myString); But is it save to use the same specifier ...

I was wondering whether Boost.Format does support using a fixed-width / preallocated buffer as output instead of a dynamic buffer managed by the lib itself? That is, normally you'd do: boost::for...