[SG16-Unicode] [isocpp-lib] New issue: Are std::format field widths code units, code points, or something else?

Lyberta lyberta at lyberta.net
Thu Sep 12 07:56:00 CEST 2019


Thiago Macieira:
> We may want to reflect that by using different terms to be clear: maybe size 
> and width. Or length and width.  Or another term: iostreams and printf use 
> "field width" to mean the storage size count.

What about "monospace width" for display purposes? I think this term is
explicit enough.

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