printfstil
Printfstil is a term used in programming communities to describe a proposed extension or variation of the traditional printf-style string formatting. It is not an official standard and has no formal specification. The concept appears in discussions and some open-source libraries as a way to improve safety and readability when constructing formatted output.
Design goals commonly attributed to printfstil include stronger association between placeholders and their arguments, optional named
Implementations, when they exist, are typically library-level prototypes or language-specific extensions rather than cross-language standards. Some
Reception is mixed. Proponents stress increased safety and clarity; critics argue that the lack of standardization
Related topics include printf-style formatting, string formatting safety, and compile-time format checking.