C++ named requirements: BasicFormatter (since C++20)
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BasicFormatter is a type that abstracts formatting operations for a given formatting argument type and character type. Specializations of std::formatter are required to meet the requirements of BasicFormatter.
A BasicFormatter is a Formatter if it is able to format both const and non-const arguments.
Requirements
A type satisfies BasicFormatter if it is semiregular, meaning it satisfies:
And, given the following types and values, the expressions shown in the table below are valid and have the indicated semantics:
| Type | Definition |
CharT
|
a character type |
Arg
|
a formatting argument type |
Formatter
|
a Formatter type for types Arg and CharT
|
OutputIt
|
a LegacyOutputIterator type |
ParseCtx
|
std::basic_format_parse_context<CharT>
|
FmtCtx
|
std::basic_format_context<OutputIt, CharT>
|
| Value | Definition |
f
|
a value of type (possibly const-qualified) Formatter
|
g
|
a value of type Formatter
|
arg
|
an lvalue of type Arg
|
t
|
a value of type convertible to (possibly const-qualified) Arg
|
parse_ctx
|
an lvalue of type ParseCtx satisfying all following conditions:
|
fmt_ctx
|
an lvalue of type FmtCtx
|
| Expression | Return type | Semantics |
|---|---|---|
g.parse(parse_ctx)
|
ParseCtx::iterator
|
|
f.format(arg, fmt_ctx)
|
FmtCtx::iterator
|
|
- ↑ This allows formatters to emit meaningful error messages.
Defect reports
The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.
| DR | Applied to | Behavior as published | Correct behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| LWG 3892 | C++20 | the value of pc.begin() was unclear if format-spec is not present
|
made clear |