String Interpolation Compare - DIP1027 and YAIDIP

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Saturday, 21 October 2023 at 03:59:22 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 10/20/2023 8:51 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> YAIDIP:
>> 
>> ```d
>> i"axy:  $a{03} $x{e} $y{20.10}"
>> ```
>
> You and I must be reading a different version of 
> https://github.com/John-Colvin/YAIDIP
>
> May I quote:

That portion is a *possible* usage. Perhaps the original authors 
of YAIDIP didn't realize that it's still worth pointing out that 
it effectively can also be solved with format specifiers. I 
personally find the C++ style of formatting not as appealing as 
the writef style. That portion of the DIP lists it as a benefit, 
but I'm with you on the terseness of format specifications. It 
really should be more clearly identified as an option, and not an 
integral part of the proposal.

But that's the whole thing, with a tuple-based solution, you have 
options in the library. You *can* use the C++ style or you *can* 
use formatting encoded in the string literal. Both are available 
depending on what you, the library author, would prefer.

And of course, YAIDIP (and 1036) has the benefit that runtime 
parsing of the string-based format specifiers is not necessary, 
whereas it is in 1027.

-Steve