Is `formatValue` also preferred over `formattedWrite` when writing a single value?


Code example:

import std.array : appender;

auto writer1 = appender!string();
writer1.formattedWrite("%08b", 42);

auto writer2 = appender!string();
auto f = singleSpec("%08b");
writer2.formatValue(42, f);


Is `formatValue` more lightweight to the compiler?

On Tuesday, 19 February 2019 at 11:40:09 UTC, Per Nordlöw wrote:
> Is `formatValue` more lightweight to the compiler?

I already posted a very similar question at

https://forum.dlang.org/post/xsovipkjyjyumtyzmwqi@forum.dlang.org

but in this thread I'm interested in knowing if is there is any significant difference in compilation-speed and if formatValue and/or formattedWrite needs to allocate using the GC when we are writing a array of `char`s or a long, directly to standard output. In theory the string could be written directly to stdout without an extra memory buffer and the `long` could be formatted to a temporarily (stack) allocated array of `char`s before written to standard output.