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...ld include it. > We were discussing this on IRC chat the other night, but I believe many people underestimate the need for string formatting. Here are some data points: 1. There are currently 1,637 calls to llvm::format() across the codebase, and this doesn't include calls to format_hex(), format_decimal(), and the other variants. 2. LLVM consists of a large number (20+ at a minimum) of focused tools (llc, lli, llvm-dwarfdump, llvm-objdump, etc) whose sole purpose is to output formatted text. Consider the use case of printing a verbose disassembly listing which is fed into FileCheck. 3. Even the...

A while back llvm::format() was introduced that made it possible to combine printf-style formatting with llvm streams. However, this still comes with all the risks and pitfalls of printf. Everyone is no-doubt familiar with these problems, but here are just a few anyway: 1. *Not type-safe.* Not all compilers warn when you mess up the format specifier. And when you're writing your own