-This is autosprintf.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.13 from
+This is autosprintf.info, produced by makeinfo version 5.1 from
autosprintf.texi.
-INFO-DIR-SECTION C++ libraries
-START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
-* autosprintf: (autosprintf). Support for printf format strings in C++.
-END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
-
- This file provides documentation for GNU `autosprintf' library.
-
- Copyright (C) 2002-2003, 2006-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2002-2003, 2006-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This manual is free documentation. It is dually licensed under the
-GNU FDL and the GNU GPL. This means that you can redistribute this
+GNU FDL and the GNU GPL. This means that you can redistribute this
manual under either of these two licenses, at your choice.
- This manual is covered by the GNU FDL. Permission is granted to
-copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU
-Free Documentation License (FDL), either version 1.2 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version published by the Free Software
-Foundation (FSF); with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Text,
-and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is at
-`http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html'.
+ This manual is covered by the GNU FDL. Permission is granted to copy,
+distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free
+Documentation License (FDL), either version 1.2 of the License, or (at
+your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation
+(FSF); with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Text, and with no
+Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is at
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html>.
+
+ This manual is covered by the GNU GPL. You can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL),
+either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version
+published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). A copy of the license
+is at <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
+INFO-DIR-SECTION C++ libraries
+START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
+* autosprintf: (autosprintf). Support for printf format strings in C++.
+END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
- This manual is covered by the GNU GPL. You can redistribute it
-and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
-(GPL), either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-version published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). A copy of the
-license is at `http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html'.
+ This file provides documentation for GNU 'autosprintf' library.
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* Menu:
* Introduction:: Introduction
-* Class autosprintf:: The `autosprintf' class
-* Using autosprintf:: Using `autosprintf' in own programs
+* Class autosprintf:: The 'autosprintf' class
+* Using autosprintf:: Using 'autosprintf' in own programs
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1 Introduction
**************
-This package makes the C formatted output routines (`fprintf' et al.)
-usable in C++ programs, for use with the `<string>' strings and the
-`<iostream>' streams.
+This package makes the C formatted output routines ('fprintf' et al.)
+usable in C++ programs, for use with the '<string>' strings and the
+'<iostream>' streams.
It allows to write code like
The benefits of the autosprintf syntax are:
- * It reuses the standard POSIX printf facility. Easy migration from
+ * It reuses the standard POSIX printf facility. Easy migration from
C to C++.
* English sentences are kept together.
- * It makes internationalization possible. Internationalization
- requires format strings, because in some cases the translator
- needs to change the order of a sentence, and more generally it is
- easier for the translator to work with a single string for a
- sentence than with multiple string pieces.
+ * It makes internationalization possible. Internationalization
+ requires format strings, because in some cases the translator needs
+ to change the order of a sentence, and more generally it is easier
+ for the translator to work with a single string for a sentence than
+ with multiple string pieces.
- * It reduces the risk of programming errors due to forgotten state
- in the output stream (e.g. `cout << hex;' not followed by `cout <<
+ * It reduces the risk of programming errors due to forgotten state in
+ the output stream (e.g. 'cout << hex;' not followed by 'cout <<
dec;').
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File: autosprintf.info, Node: Class autosprintf, Next: Using autosprintf, Prev: Introduction, Up: Top
-2 The `autosprintf' class
+2 The 'autosprintf' class
*************************
-An instance of class `autosprintf' just contains a string with the
-formatted output result. Such an instance is usually allocated as an
-automatic storage variable, i.e. on the stack, not with `new' on the
+An instance of class 'autosprintf' just contains a string with the
+formatted output result. Such an instance is usually allocated as an
+automatic storage variable, i.e. on the stack, not with 'new' on the
heap.
- The constructor `autosprintf (const char *format, ...)' takes a
-format string and additional arguments, like the C function `printf'.
+ The constructor 'autosprintf (const char *format, ...)' takes a
+format string and additional arguments, like the C function 'printf'.
- Conversions to `char *' and `std::string' are defined that return
-the encapsulated string. The conversion to `char *' returns a freshly
+ Conversions to 'char *' and 'std::string' are defined that return the
+encapsulated string. The conversion to 'char *' returns a freshly
allocated copy of the encapsulated string; it needs to be freed using
-`delete[]'. The conversion to `std::string' returns a copy of the
+'delete[]'. The conversion to 'std::string' returns a copy of the
encapsulated string, with automatic memory management.
- The destructor `~autosprintf ()' destroys the encapsulated string.
+ The destructor '~autosprintf ()' destroys the encapsulated string.
- An `operator <<' is provided that outputs the encapsulated string to
-the given `ostream'.
+ An 'operator <<' is provided that outputs the encapsulated string to
+the given 'ostream'.
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File: autosprintf.info, Node: Using autosprintf, Prev: Class autosprintf, Up: Top
-3 Using `autosprintf' in own programs
+3 Using 'autosprintf' in own programs
*************************************
-To use the `autosprintf' class in your programs, you need to add
+To use the 'autosprintf' class in your programs, you need to add
#include "autosprintf.h"
using gnu::autosprintf;
-to your source code. The include file defines the class `autosprintf',
-in a namespace called `gnu'. The `using' statement makes it possible to
-use the class without the (otherwise natural) `gnu::' prefix.
+to your source code. The include file defines the class 'autosprintf',
+in a namespace called 'gnu'. The 'using' statement makes it possible to
+use the class without the (otherwise natural) 'gnu::' prefix.
- When linking your program, you need to link with `libasprintf',
-because that's where the class is defined. In projects using GNU
-`autoconf', this means adding `AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS([asprintf])' to
-`configure.in' or `configure.ac', and using the @LIBASPRINTF@ Makefile
+ When linking your program, you need to link with 'libasprintf',
+because that's where the class is defined. In projects using GNU
+'autoconf', this means adding 'AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS([asprintf])' to
+'configure.in' or 'configure.ac', and using the @LIBASPRINTF@ Makefile
variable that it provides.
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