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### 3750. Too many papers bump `__cpp_lib_format`

Section: 17.3.2 [version.syn] Status: WP Submitter: Barry Revzin Opened: 2022-08-04 Last modified: 2022-11-17

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Discussion:

As pointed out by Casey Carter, four papers approved at the recent July 2022 plenary:

- P2419R2 "Clarify handling of encodings in localized formatting of chrono types"

- P2508R1 "Expose `std::basic-format-string<charT, Args...>`"

- P2286R8 "Formatting Ranges"

- P2585R1 "Improve container default formatting"

all bump the value of `__cpp_lib_format`. We never accounted for all of these papers being moved at the same time, and these papers have fairly different implementation complexities.

Victor Zverovich suggests that we instead add `__cpp_lib_format_ranges` (with value `202207L`) for the two formatting ranges papers (P2286 and P2585, which should probably be implemented concurrently anyway, since the latter modifies the former) and `bump __cpp_lib_format` for the other two, which are both minor changes.

We should do that.

[2022-08-23; Reflector poll]

Set status to Tentatively Ready after 12 votes in favour during reflector poll.

[2022-11-12 Approved at November 2022 meeting in Kona. Status changed: Voting → WP.]

Proposed resolution:

1. Modify 17.3.2 [version.syn] as indicated:

   >     #define __cpp_lib_format          202207L // also in <format>
   >     #define __cpp_lib_format_ranges   202207L // also in <format>