[libcxx-commits] [libcxx] [libc++] Add basic constant folding for std::format (PR #107197)

[Mark de Wever via libcxx-commits]

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@@ -447,10 +449,46 @@ format_to(_OutIt __out_it, wformat_string<_Args...> __fmt, _Args&&... __args) {
 }
 #  endif
 
+// Try constant folding the format string instead of going through the whole formatting machinery. If there is no
+// constant folding no extra code should be emitted (with optimizations enabled) and the function returns nullopt. When
+// constant folding is successful, the formatting is performed and the resulting string is returned.
+template <class _CharT>
+[[nodiscard]] _LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI optional<basic_string<_CharT>> __try_constant_folding_format(
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mordante wrote:

I did, but since you intent do other types to we need a "buffer" for the result. So then `basic_string` is fine.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/107197