Why is there no lazy `format`?

[burt]

On Tuesday, 20 October 2020 at 13:45:20 UTC, rikki cattermole 
wrote:
> You are describing the purpose of an output range.
>
> I.e.
>
> [...]

I see. However, this still feels wrong; after all, we also do not 
use an output range for algorithms like map:
```
OutputRange output;
[1, 2, 3].map!((x) => x + 1)(output);
```

Mostly because it does not allow chaining like `lazyFormat("%d 
plus %d is %d", 1, 2, 3).joiner().map!toUpper()`.

It still feels incosistent to me. An input range could achieve 
the same goals, but it would be much more flexible and pleasing 
to use.