Re: [Caml-list] is there a way for turning strings to "format"s?

[Ollie Frolovs <of12343@my.bristol.ac.uk>]

When i first saw this question i had a deja vu moment and as was flicking through “Real World Ocaml” today i found this example in pages 173-174: 

#let fmt = : (‘a, ‘b, ‘c) format = “%i is an integer, %F is a float, \”%s\” is a string\n”;;
val fmt = (int -> float -> string -> ‘c, ‘b, ‘c) format = <abstr>

and then they say you can pass this format string to printf. I don’t know if they mean Jane Street’s Core printf or stock printf. I’m only a beginner myself.

— Ollie

On 7 Nov 2013, at 07:50, David MENTRE <dmentre@linux-france.org> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> 2013/11/7 Gabriel Scherer <gabriel.scherer@gmail.com>:
>> Do not, ever, use Obj.magic on formatting
>> functions.
> 
> I would say: "Dot not, ever, use Obj.magic (FULL STOP)". ;-)
> 
> BTW, isn't "ksprintf " and related functions used when one wants to
> play with format strings?
> 
> Best regards,
> david
> 
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