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On 3/23/2024 8:11 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> te<typename ... Args>
> std::string string_format (const std::string & format, Args ... args)
> {
>      std::string result;
>      size_t sz = std::snprintf(nullptr, 0, format.c_str(), args ...);
>      if (sz > 0)
>      {
>          std::unique_ptr<char []> buf(new char[sz + 1]);
>          std::snprintf(buf.get(), sz + 1, format.c_str(), args ...);
>          result = std::string(buf.get(), buf.get() + sz);
>      }
>      return result;
> }
> 
> Note the variadic template.


I note the two thousand uses of std::.

Couldn't you just use 'using namespace std;' inside this function (or 
whatever this 'te' thing is?)