New Argument Type for Format Function
Summary
The request is to add a new argument type, for example, "%O".
The corresponding parameter for this argument is supposed to be an
object implementing function ToString: String
.
Why?
Consider this piece of code:
function LogRandomly(Prob: Double; Fmt: AnsiString; Args: array of const): Boolean;
begin
if Prob < random() then
Exit(False);
WriteLn(Format(Fmt, Args));
end;
Currently, one can make a call to this function by
LogRandomly(0.1, '%s', Obj.ToString)
and with the proposed argument, one can have
LogRandomly(0.1, "%O", Obj);