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<p>The format API is similar in spirit to the C <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">printf</span></code> family of function but
is safer, simpler and serveral times <a class="reference external" href="http://zverovich.net/2013/09/07/integer-to-string-conversion-in-cplusplus.html">faster</a>
than common standard library implementations.
The <a class="reference external" href="syntax.html">format string syntax</a> is similar to the one used