Re: [Vala] type MIN and MAX

[Xavier Bestel <xavier bestel free fr>]

On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 08:32 -0400, Levi Bard wrote:
> > What about this?
> >
> > http://blog.stevex.net/index.php/string-formatting-in-csharp/
> >
> > Just taking {0} {1}...
>
> What would the c#-style format give us that the printf-style doesn't?
> If you're just going to use an item's to_string() method, you can
> invoke it explicitly and use %s.
> The c#-style formatting has the additional pitfall of letting you
> inadvertently do:  string.Format("{0} blah {1}", foo);
> I see a fair number of those, and they don't get caught until runtime.

But there would be a great advantage: sometimes when translating strings
you need to change the order of arguments, with this format it's dead
easy.

        Xav