I love the old style c formatting specifiers, they are quick and easy to
use. I noticed that there is an @printf macro that will still have the same
sort of issues as the old c version in that you have to match the order of
vargs to that of the formating string which can lead to errors. I noticed
that the println function uses $(var) syntax like php which I think is much
better since the variable is inplace in the string.
What do people think about keeping the same php type syntax but adding an
optional formatting element and making the $(arg) into a tuple $(fmt, arg)
so you can't screw up the matching of the format with the argument?
so using this type of style:
v0 = 1.234
v1 = 200
@print ("some formatted numbers: $(0.2f, v0), $(06d, v1)")
instead of the current:
@printf("some formatted numbers: %0.2f, %06d", v0, v1)
both output:
*some formatted numbers: float 1.23, int 000200*
