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by flukus 2543 days ago
> I think an equally important point is that IO streams in C++ are extensible.

Not sure how portable it is but you can define conversions for your own types: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Customizin... . The format and format_arg attributes give you compile time support: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attribute... .
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pjmlp 2543 days ago
It is just GCC C.
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flukus 2543 days ago
It's part of libc, so not GCC specific, it's basically native on linux and usable just about anywhere you'd want printf functionality. If the bloat (like this feature) of gnu libc are too much then I doubt the c++/d/rust equivalents will be an acceptable option. Likewise if gcc and clang (which supports printf) aren't possible then I very much doubt the platform is a compiler target for modern c++/d/rust.
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