https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24320

--- Comment #1 from Walter Bright <bugzilla@digitalmars.com> ---
Arguments like `struct S { int x; int y; }` that have no corresponding format specifier could use `%s` as the format specifier, and then the argument can be wrapped in a template that provides a default toString() method.

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elpenguino+D@gmail.com changed:

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--- Comment #2 from elpenguino+D@gmail.com ---
Please fix templates instead of implementing awkward workarounds at every opportunity...

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--- Comment #3 from Walter Bright <bugzilla@digitalmars.com> ---
The build system, of course, will merge identical template instantiations. But the purpose of templates is to provide specializations for their specific arguments, and so they are different and cannot be merged. writefln() can easily create hundreds of slightly different template instantiations, none of which can be merged.

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mhh <maxhaton@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from mhh <maxhaton@gmail.com> ---
Have you tried fixing writefln first? If you write a good template it will mostly be reused other the parent instantiation.

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