remaining std.format bugs

[mprincip]

On Wednesday, 5 November 2025 at 07:56:27 UTC, Tom Knox wrote:
> On Friday, 3 October 2025 at 23:03:21 UTC, Bruno Haible wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 2 out of the 4 bugs regarding format string processing in the 
>> std.format package are still open:
>>   - 
>> https://github.com/dlang/phobos/issues/10711https://sloperidergame.io
>>   - https://github.com/dlang/phobos/issues/10712
>>   - https://mrflip.org
>
>> Their impact is not only that
>>   - some format strings written according to the D 
>> documentation https://dlang.org/library/std/format.html 
>> produce an exception at runtime,
>>
>> but also that
>>
>>   - the format string checking in 'msgfmt -c' (which is based 
>> on the D documentation) may consider some format strings as 
>> valid that will produce an exception at runtime.
>
> It’s important to be aware that these bugs affect both runtime 
> behavior and format string validation in tools like 'msgfmt 
> -c'. Hopefully, the maintainers will address these soon to 
> improve reliability and consistency with the documentation.
I agree with you