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ostringstream is the perfect C++ replacement for sprintf, except...
ostringstream is the perfect C++ replacement for sprintf, except for trying to debug its contents in Visual Studio.Add this to Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Packages\Debugger\Visualizers\stl.natvis: <Type Name="std::basic_ostringstream<char,*>...
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