I'm a little tired of repeating this code snippets over and over again.

string formatString(Args...)(string fmt, auto ref Args args)
{
    import std.array, std.format;
    auto app = appender!string();
    formattedWrite(app, fmt, args);
    return app.data;
}

What's the reason that std.string.format defaults to vararg formatting?
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It is an old feature.
I've proposed to replace it like your snippet, but it was rejected,
because of the breaking backward compatibility.
Today we (at least I and Andrei) agree with adding new functions, but
their names are still debatable.

See the discussion in here. https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/pull/231

We'll welcome your comments.

Kenji Hara

2012$BG/(B3$B7n(B26$BF|(B8:31 Martin Nowak <dawg@dawgfoto.de>:
> I'm a little tired of repeating this code snippets over and over again.
>
> string formatString(Args...)(string fmt, auto ref Args args)
> {
>    import std.array, std.format;
>    auto app = appender!string();
>    formattedWrite(app, fmt, args);
>    return app.data;
> }
>
> What's the reason that std.string.format defaults to vararg formatting?
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