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autosprintf: Class autosprintf

 
 2 The 'autosprintf' class
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    An instance of class 'autosprintf' just contains a string with the
 formatted output result.  Such an instance is usually allocated as an
 automatic storage variable, i.e. on the stack, not with 'new' on the
 heap.
 
    The constructor 'autosprintf (const char *format, ...)' takes a
 format string and additional arguments, like the C function 'printf'.
 
    Conversions to 'char *' and 'std::string' are defined that return the
 encapsulated string.  The conversion to 'char *' returns a freshly
 allocated copy of the encapsulated string; it needs to be freed using
 'delete[]'.  The conversion to 'std::string' returns a copy of the
 encapsulated string, with automatic memory management.
 
    The destructor '~autosprintf ()' destroys the encapsulated string.
 
    An 'operator <<' is provided that outputs the encapsulated string to
 the given 'ostream'.
 

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