16 Nov
2004
16 Nov
'04
4:37 a.m.
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, John Goerzen wrote:
Here are some examples:
vsprintf "Hello"
"Hello" vsprintf "Hello, %s\n" "John" "Hello, John\n" vsprintf "%s, your age is %d\n" "John" (10::Integer) "John, your age is 10\n"
sprintfAL "%(name)s, your age is %(age)d\n" [("name", v "John"), ("age", v (10::Integer))]
"John, your age is 10\n"
I would appreciate comments/critiques.
Variable length argument lists are really a mess. Why are people so keen on them? What is the advantage over a plain list as single argument? Is vsprintf "%s, your age is %s\n" ["John", show (10::Integer)] really too complicated?