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Rollup merge of rust-lang#37613 - DanielKeep:eww-you-got-printf-in-yo…
…ur-format, r=alexcrichton Add foreign formatting directive detection. This teaches `format_args!` how to interpret format printf- and shell-style format directives. This is used in cases where there are unused formatting arguments, and the reason for that *might* be because the programmer is trying to use the wrong kind of formatting string. This was prompted by an issue encountered by simulacrum on the #rust IRC channel. In short: although `println!` told them that they weren't using all of the conversion arguments, the problem was in using printf-syle directives rather than ones `println!` would undertand. Where possible, `format_args!` will tell the programmer what they should use instead. For example, it will suggest replacing `%05d` with `{:0>5}`, or `%2$.*3$s` with `{1:.3$}`. Even if it cannot suggest a replacement, it will explicitly note that Rust does not support that style of directive, and direct the user to the `std::fmt` documentation. ----- **Example**: given: ```rust fn main() { println!("%.*3$s %s!\n", "Hello,", "World", 4); println!("%1$*2$.*3$f", 123.456); } ``` The compiler outputs the following: ```text error: multiple unused formatting arguments --> local/fmt.rs:2:5 | 2 | println!("%.*3$s %s!\n", "Hello,", "World", 4); | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | note: argument never used --> local/fmt.rs:2:30 | 2 | println!("%.*3$s %s!\n", "Hello,", "World", 4); | ^^^^^^^^ note: argument never used --> local/fmt.rs:2:40 | 2 | println!("%.*3$s %s!\n", "Hello,", "World", 4); | ^^^^^^^ note: argument never used --> local/fmt.rs:2:49 | 2 | println!("%.*3$s %s!\n", "Hello,", "World", 4); | ^ = help: `%.*3$s` should be written as `{:.2$}` = help: `%s` should be written as `{}` = note: printf formatting not supported; see the documentation for `std::fmt` = note: this error originates in a macro outside of the current crate error: argument never used --> local/fmt.rs:6:29 | 6 | println!("%1$*2$.*3$f", 123.456); | ^^^^^^^ | = help: `%1$*2$.*3$f` should be written as `{0:1$.2$}` = note: printf formatting not supported; see the documentation for `std::fmt` ```
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