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25 changes: 4 additions & 21 deletions src/libcollections/fmt.rs
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//!
//! A format string is required to use all of its arguments, otherwise it is a
//! compile-time error. You may refer to the same argument more than once in the
//! format string, although it must always be referred to with the same type.
//! format string.
//!
//! ## Named parameters
//!
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//!
//! ## Argument types
//!
//! Each argument's type is dictated by the format string. It is a requirement
//! that every argument is only ever referred to by one type. For example, this
//! is an invalid format string:
//!
//! ```text
//! {0:x} {0:o}
//! ```
//!
//! This is invalid because the first argument is both referred to as a
//! hexadecimal as well as an
//! octal.
//!
//! There are various parameters which do require a particular type, however.
//! Each argument's type is dictated by the format string.
//! There are various parameters which require a particular type, however.
//! An example is the `{:.*}` syntax, which sets the number of decimal places
//! in floating-point types:
//!
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//!
//! If this syntax is used, then the number of characters to print precedes the
//! actual object being formatted, and the number of characters must have the
//! type `usize`. Although a `usize` can be printed with `{}`, it is invalid to
//! reference an argument as such. For example this is another invalid format
//! string:
//!
//! ```text
//! {:.*} {0}
//! ```
//! type `usize`.
//!
//! ## Formatting traits
//!
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