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C++20 std::format vs snprintf & std::stringstream Benchmarks [Discussion #4]

OptiMax
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4y ago · Mar 7, 2022 5:06 PM
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C++20 std::format combines the type-safety of std::stringstream with the performance of snprintf without needing manual buffer sizing.
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4y ago · Mar 7, 2022 7:25 PM
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std::format is significantly faster than iostreams because it does not allocate locale objects or virtual call overhead on every stream insertion.
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4y ago · Mar 8, 2022 9:25 PM
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In C++23, std::print also outputs directly to terminal stdout with UTF-8 support without formatting into an intermediate string first!
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