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use v5.8.0;
use strict;
use warnings;
package String::Formatter 1.235;
# ABSTRACT: build sprintf-like functions of your own
#pod =head1 SYNOPSIS
#pod
#pod   use String::Formatter stringf => {
#pod     -as   => 'str_rf',
#pod     codes => {
#pod       f => sub { $_ },
#pod       b => sub { scalar reverse $_ },
#pod       o => 'Okay?',
#pod     },
#pod   };
#pod
#pod   print str_rf('This is %10f and this is %-15b, %o', 'forward', 'backward');
#pod
#pod ...prints...
#pod
#pod   This is    forward and this is drawkcab       , okay?
#pod
#pod =head1 DESCRIPTION
#pod
#pod String::Formatter is a tool for building sprintf-like formatting routines.
#pod It supports named or positional formatting, custom conversions, fixed string
#pod interpolation, and simple width-matching out of the box.  It is easy to alter
#pod its behavior to write new kinds of format string expanders.  For most cases, it
#pod should be easy to build all sorts of formatters out of the options built into
#pod String::Formatter.
#pod
#pod Normally, String::Formatter will be used to import a sprintf-like routine
#pod referred to as "C<stringf>", but which can be given any name you like.  This
#pod routine acts like sprintf in that it takes a string and some inputs and returns
#pod a new string:
#pod
#pod   my $output = stringf "Some %a format %s for you to %u.\n", { ... };
#pod
#pod This routine is actually a wrapper around a String::Formatter object created by
#pod importing stringf.  In the following code, the entire hashref after "stringf"
#pod is passed to String::Formatter's constructor (the C<new> method), save for the
#pod C<-as> key and any other keys that start with a dash.
#pod
#pod   use String::Formatter
#pod     stringf => {
#pod       -as => 'fmt_time',
#pod       codes           => { ... },
#pod       format_hunker   => ...,
#pod       input_processor => ...,
#pod     },
#pod     stringf => {
#pod       -as => 'fmt_date',
#pod       codes           => { ... },
#pod       string_replacer => ...,
#pod       hunk_formatter  => ...,
#pod     },
#pod   ;
#pod
#pod As you can see, this will generate two stringf routines, with different
#pod behaviors, which are installed with different names.  Since the behavior of
#pod these routines is based on the C<format> method of a String::Formatter object,
#pod the rest of the documentation will describe the way the object behaves.
#pod
#pod There's also a C<named_stringf> export, which behaves just like the C<stringf>
#pod export, but defaults to the C<named_replace> and C<require_named_input>
#pod arguments.  There's a C<method_stringf> export, which defaults
#pod C<method_replace> and C<require_single_input>.  Finally, a C<indexed_stringf>,
#pod which defaults to C<indexed_replaced> and C<require_arrayref_input>.  For more
#pod on these, keep reading, and check out the cookbook.
#pod
#pod L<String::Formatter::Cookbook> provides a number of recipes for ways to put
#pod String::Formatter to use.
#pod
#pod =head1 FORMAT STRINGS
#pod
#pod Format strings are generally assumed to look like Perl's sprintf's format
#pod strings:
#pod
#pod   There's a bunch of normal strings and then %s format %1.4c with %% signs.
#pod
#pod The exact semantics of the format codes are not totally settled yet -- and they
#pod can be replaced on a per-formatter basis.  Right now, they're mostly a subset
#pod of Perl's astonishingly large and complex system.  That subset looks like this:
#pod
#pod   %    - a percent sign to begin the format
#pod   ...  - (optional) various modifiers to the format like "-5" or "#" or "2$"
#pod   {..} - (optional) a string inside braces
#pod   s    - a short string (usually one character) identifying the conversion
#pod
#pod Not all format modifiers found in Perl's C<sprintf> are yet supported.
#pod Currently the only format modifiers must match:
#pod
#pod     (-)?          # left-align, rather than right
#pod     (\d*)?        # (optional) minimum field width
#pod     (?:\.(\d*))?  # (optional) maximum field width
#pod
#pod Some additional format semantics may be added, but probably nothing exotic.
#pod Even things like C<2$> and C<*> are probably not going to appear in
#pod String::Formatter's default behavior.
#pod
#pod Another subtle difference, introduced intentionally, is in the handling of
#pod C<%%>.  With the default String::Formatter behavior, string C<%%> is not
#pod interpreted as a formatting code.  This is different from the behavior of
#pod Perl's C<sprintf>, which interprets it as a special formatting character that
#pod doesn't consume input and always acts like the fixed string C<%>.  The upshot
#pod of this is:
#pod
#pod   sprintf "%%";   # ==> returns "%"
#pod   stringf "%%";   # ==> returns "%%"
#pod
#pod   sprintf "%10%"; # ==> returns "         %"
#pod   stringf "%10%"; # ==> dies: unknown format code %
#pod
#pod =cut
use Params::Util ();
use Sub::Exporter -setup => {
  exports => {
    stringf => sub {
      my ($class, $name, $arg, $col) = @_;
      my $formatter = $class->new($arg);
      return sub { $formatter->format(@_) };
    },
    method_stringf => sub {
      my ($class, $name, $arg, $col) = @_;
      my $formatter = $class->new({
        input_processor => 'require_single_input',
        string_replacer => 'method_replace',
        %$arg,
      });
      return sub { $formatter->format(@_) };
    },
    named_stringf => sub {
      my ($class, $name, $arg, $col) = @_;
      my $formatter = $class->new({
        input_processor => 'require_named_input',
        string_replacer => 'named_replace',
        %$arg,
      });
      return sub { $formatter->format(@_) };
    },
    indexed_stringf => sub {
      my ($class, $name, $arg, $col) = @_;
      my $formatter = $class->new({
        input_processor => 'require_arrayref_input',
        string_replacer => 'indexed_replace',
        %$arg,
      });
      return sub { $formatter->format(@_) };
    },
  },
};
my %METHODS;
BEGIN {
  %METHODS = (
    format_hunker   => 'hunk_simply',
    input_processor => 'return_input',
    string_replacer => 'positional_replace',
    hunk_formatter  => 'format_simply',
  );
  no strict 'refs';
  for my $method (keys %METHODS) {
    *$method = sub { $_[0]->{ $method } };
    my $default = "default_$method";
    *$default = sub { $METHODS{ $method } };
  }
}
#pod =method new
#pod
#pod   my $formatter = String::Formatter->new({
#pod     codes => { ... },
#pod     format_hunker   => ...,
#pod     input_processor => ...,
#pod     string_replacer => ...,
#pod     hunk_formatter  => ...,
#pod   });
#pod
#pod This returns a new formatter.  The C<codes> argument contains the formatting
#pod codes for the formatter in the form:
#pod
#pod   codes => {
#pod     s => 'fixed string',
#pod     S => 'different string',
#pod     c => sub { ... },
#pod   }
#pod
#pod Code values (or "conversions") should either be strings or coderefs.  This
#pod hashref can be accessed later with the C<codes> method.
#pod
#pod The other four arguments change how the formatting occurs.  Formatting happens
#pod in five phases:
#pod
#pod =for :list
#pod 1. format_hunker - format string is broken down into fixed and %-code hunks
#pod 2. input_processor - the other inputs are validated and processed
#pod 3. string_replacer - replacement strings are generated by using conversions
#pod 4. hunk_formatter - replacement strings in hunks are formatted
#pod 5. all hunks, now strings, are recombined; this phase is just C<join>
#pod
#pod The defaults are found by calling C<default_WHATEVER> for each helper that
#pod isn't given.  Values must be either strings (which are interpreted as method
#pod names) or coderefs.  The semantics for each method are described in the
#pod methods' sections, below.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub default_codes {
  return {};
}
sub new {
  my ($class, $arg) = @_;
  my $_codes = {
    %{ $class->default_codes },
    %{ $arg->{codes} || {} },
  };
  my $self = bless { codes => $_codes } => $class;
  for (keys %METHODS) {
    $self->{ $_ } = $arg->{ $_ } || do {
      my $default_method = "default_$_";
      $class->$default_method;
    };
    $self->{$_} = $self->can($self->{$_}) unless ref $self->{$_};
  }
  my $codes = $self->codes;
  return $self;
}
sub codes { $_[0]->{codes} }
#pod =method format
#pod
#pod   my $result = $formatter->format( $format_string, @input );
#pod
#pod   print $formatter->format("My %h is full of %e.\n", 'hovercraft', 'eels');
#pod
#pod This does the actual formatting, calling the methods described above, under
#pod C<L</new>> and returning the result.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub format {
  my $self   = shift;
  my $format = shift;
  Carp::croak("not enough arguments for stringf-based format")
    unless defined $format;
  my $hunker = $self->format_hunker;
  my $hunks  = $self->$hunker($format);
  my $processor = $self->input_processor;
  my $input = $self->$processor([ @_ ]);
  my $replacer = $self->string_replacer;
  $self->$replacer($hunks, $input);
  my $formatter = $self->hunk_formatter;
  ref($_) and $_ = $self->$formatter($_) for @$hunks;
  my $string = join q{}, @$hunks;
  return $string;
}
#pod =method format_hunker
#pod
#pod Format hunkers are passed strings and return arrayrefs containing strings (for
#pod fixed content) and hashrefs (for formatting code sections).
#pod
#pod The hashref hunks should contain at least two entries:  C<conversion> for the
#pod conversion code (the s, d, or u in %s, %d, or %u); and C<literal> for the
#pod complete original text of the hunk.  For example, a bare minimum hunker should
#pod turn the following:
#pod
#pod   I would like to buy %d %s today.
#pod
#pod ...into...
#pod
#pod   [
#pod     'I would like to buy ',
#pod     { conversion => 'd', literal => '%d' },
#pod     ' ',
#pod     { conversion => 's', literal => '%d' },
#pod     ' today.',
#pod   ]
#pod
#pod Another common entry is C<argument>.  In the format strings expected by
#pod C<hunk_simply>, for example, these are free strings inside of curly braces.
#pod These are used extensively other existing helpers for things liked accessing
#pod named arguments or providing method names.
#pod
#pod =method hunk_simply
#pod
#pod This is the default format hunker.  It implements the format string semantics
#pod L<described above|/FORMAT STRINGS>.
#pod
#pod This hunker will produce C<argument> and C<conversion> and C<literal>.  Its
#pod other entries are not yet well-defined for public consumption.
#pod
#pod =cut
my $regex = qr/
 (%                # leading '%'
  (-)?             # left-align, rather than right
  ([0-9]+)?        # (optional) minimum field width
  (?:\.([0-9]*))?  # (optional) maximum field width
  (?:{(.*?)})?     # (optional) stuff inside
  (\S)             # actual format character
 )
/x;
sub hunk_simply {
  my ($self, $string) = @_;
  my @to_fmt;
  my $pos = 0;
  while ($string =~ m{\G(.*?)$regex}gs) {
    push @to_fmt, $1, {
      alignment => $3,
      min_width => $4,
      max_width => $5,
      literal     => $2,
      argument    => $6,
      conversion  => $7,
    };
    $to_fmt[-1] = '%' if $to_fmt[-1]{literal} eq '%%';
    $pos = pos $string;
  }
  push @to_fmt, substr $string, $pos if $pos < length $string;
  return \@to_fmt;
}
#pod =method input_processor
#pod
#pod The input processor is responsible for inspecting the post-format-string
#pod arguments, validating them, and returning them in a possibly-transformed form.
#pod The processor is passed an arrayref containing the arguments and should return
#pod a scalar value to be used as the input going forward.
#pod
#pod =method return_input
#pod
#pod This input processor, the default, simply returns the input it was given with
#pod no validation or transformation.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub return_input {
  return $_[1];
}
#pod =method require_named_input
#pod
#pod This input processor will raise an exception unless there is exactly one
#pod post-format-string argument to the format call, and unless that argument is a
#pod hashref.  It will also replace the arrayref with the given hashref so
#pod subsequent phases of the format can avoid lots of needless array dereferencing.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub require_named_input {
  my ($self, $args) = @_;
  Carp::croak("routine must be called with exactly one hashref arg")
    if @$args != 1 or ! Params::Util::_HASHLIKE($args->[0]);
  return $args->[0];
}
#pod =method require_arrayref_input
#pod
#pod This input processor will raise an exception unless there is exactly one
#pod post-format-string argument to the format call, and unless that argument is a
#pod arrayref.  It will also replace the input with that single arrayref it found so
#pod subsequent phases of the format can avoid lots of needless array dereferencing.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub require_arrayref_input {
  my ($self, $args) = @_;
  Carp::croak("routine must be called with exactly one arrayref arg")
    if @$args != 1 or ! Params::Util::_ARRAYLIKE($args->[0]);
  return $args->[0];
}
#pod =method require_single_input
#pod
#pod This input processor will raise an exception if more than one input is given.
#pod After input processing, the single element in the input will be used as the
#pod input itself.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub require_single_input {
  my ($self, $args) = @_;
  Carp::croak("routine must be called with exactly one argument after string")
    if @$args != 1;
  return $args->[0];
}
#pod =method forbid_input
#pod
#pod This input processor will raise an exception if any input is given.  In other
#pod words, formatters with this input processor accept format strings and nothing
#pod else.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub forbid_input {
  my ($self, $args) = @_;
  Carp::croak("routine must be called with no arguments after format string")
    if @$args;
  return $args;
}
#pod =method string_replacer
#pod
#pod The string_replacer phase is responsible for adding a C<replacement> entry to
#pod format code hunks.  This should be a string-value entry that will be formatted
#pod and concatenated into the output string.  String replacers can also replace the
#pod whole hunk with a string to avoid any subsequent formatting.
#pod
#pod =method positional_replace
#pod
#pod This replacer matches inputs to the hunk's position in the format string.  This
#pod is the default replacer, used in the L<synopsis, above|/SYNOPSIS>, which should
#pod make its behavior clear.  At present, fixed-string conversions B<do not> affect
#pod the position of arg matched, meaning that given the following:
#pod
#pod   my $formatter = String::Formatter->new({
#pod     codes => {
#pod       f => 'fixed string',
#pod       s => sub { ... },
#pod     }
#pod   });
#pod
#pod   $formatter->format("%s %f %s", 1, 2);
#pod
#pod The subroutine is called twice, once for the input C<1> and once for the input
#pod C<2>.  B<This behavior may change> after some more experimental use.
#pod
#pod =method named_replace
#pod
#pod This replacer should be used with the C<require_named_input> input processor.
#pod It expects the input to be a hashref and it finds values to be interpolated by
#pod looking in the hashref for the brace-enclosed name on each format code.  Here's
#pod an example use:
#pod
#pod   $formatter->format("This was the %{adj}s day in %{num}d weeks.", {
#pod     adj => 'best',
#pod     num => 6,
#pod   });
#pod
#pod =method indexed_replace
#pod
#pod This replacer should be used with the C<require_arrayref_input> input
#pod processor.  It expects the input to be an arrayref and it finds values to be
#pod interpolated by looking in the arrayref for the brace-enclosed index on each
#pod format code.  Here's an example use:
#pod
#pod   $formatter->format("This was the %{1}s day in %{0}d weeks.", [ 6, 'best' ]);
#pod
#pod =cut
sub __closure_replace {
  my ($closure) = @_;
  return sub {
    my ($self, $hunks, $input) = @_;
    my $heap = {};
    my $code = $self->codes;
    for my $i (grep { ref $hunks->[$_] } 0 .. $#$hunks) {
      my $hunk = $hunks->[ $i ];
      my $conv = $code->{ $hunk->{conversion} };
      Carp::croak("Unknown conversion in stringf: $hunk->{conversion}")
        unless defined $conv;
      if (ref $conv) {
        $hunks->[ $i ]->{replacement} = $self->$closure({
          conv => $conv,
          hunk => $hunk,
          heap => $heap,
          input => $input,
        });
      } else {
        $hunks->[ $i ]->{replacement} = $conv;
      }
    }
  };
}
# $self->$string_replacer($hunks, $input);
BEGIN {
  *positional_replace = __closure_replace(sub {
    my ($self, $arg) = @_;
    local $_ = $arg->{input}->[ $arg->{heap}{nth}++ ];
    return $arg->{conv}->($self, $_, $arg->{hunk}{argument});
  });
  *named_replace = __closure_replace(sub {
    my ($self, $arg) = @_;
    local $_ = $arg->{input}->{ $arg->{hunk}{argument} };
    return $arg->{conv}->($self, $_, $arg->{hunk}{argument});
  });
  *indexed_replace = __closure_replace(sub {
    my ($self, $arg) = @_;
    local $_ = $arg->{input}->[ $arg->{hunk}{argument} ];
    return $arg->{conv}->($self, $_, $arg->{hunk}{argument});
  });
}
#pod =method method_replace
#pod
#pod This string replacer method expects the input to be a single value on which
#pod methods can be called.  If a value was given in braces to the format code, it
#pod is passed as an argument.
#pod
#pod =cut
# should totally be rewritten with commonality with keyed_replace factored out
sub method_replace {
  my ($self, $hunks, $input) = @_;
  my $heap = {};
  my $code = $self->codes;
  for my $i (grep { ref $hunks->[$_] } 0 .. $#$hunks) {
    my $hunk = $hunks->[ $i ];
    my $conv = $code->{ $hunk->{conversion} };
    Carp::croak("Unknown conversion in stringf: $hunk->{conversion}")
      unless defined $conv;
    if (ref $conv) {
      local $_ = $input;
      $hunks->[ $i ]->{replacement} = $input->$conv($hunk->{argument});
    } else {
      local $_ = $input;
      $hunks->[ $i ]->{replacement} = $input->$conv(
        defined $hunk->{argument} ? $hunk->{argument} : ()
      );
    }
  }
}
#pod =method keyed_replace
#pod
#pod This string replacer method expects the input to be a single hashref.  Coderef
#pod code values are used as callbacks, but strings are used as hash keys.  If a
#pod value was given in braces to the format code, it is ignored.
#pod
#pod For example if the codes contain C<< i => 'ident' >> then C<%i> in the format
#pod string will be replaced with C<< $input->{ident} >> in the output.
#pod
#pod =cut
# should totally be rewritten with commonality with method_replace factored out
sub keyed_replace {
  my ($self, $hunks, $input) = @_;
  my $heap = {};
  my $code = $self->codes;
  for my $i (grep { ref $hunks->[$_] } 0 .. $#$hunks) {
    my $hunk = $hunks->[ $i ];
    my $conv = $code->{ $hunk->{conversion} };
    Carp::croak("Unknown conversion in stringf: $hunk->{conversion}")
      unless defined $conv;
    if (ref $conv) {
      local $_ = $input;
      $hunks->[ $i ]->{replacement} = $input->$conv($hunk->{argument});
    } else {
      local $_ = $input;
      $hunks->[ $i ]->{replacement} = $input->{$conv};
    }
  }
}
#pod =method hunk_formatter
#pod
#pod The hunk_formatter processes each the hashref hunks left after string
#pod replacement and returns a string.  When it is called, it is passed a hunk
#pod hashref and must return a string.
#pod
#pod =method format_simply
#pod
#pod This is the default hunk formatter.  It deals with minimum and maximum width
#pod cues as well as left and right alignment.  Beyond that, it does no formatting
#pod of the replacement string.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub format_simply {
  my ($self, $hunk) = @_;
  my $replacement = $hunk->{replacement};
  my $replength   = length $replacement;
  my $alignment   = $hunk->{alignment} || '';
  my $min_width   = $hunk->{min_width} || 0;
  my $max_width   = $hunk->{max_width} || $replength;
  $min_width ||= $replength > $min_width ? $min_width : $replength;
  $max_width ||= $max_width > $replength ? $max_width : $replength;
  return sprintf "%$alignment${min_width}.${max_width}s", $replacement;
}
1;
#pod =begin :postlude
#pod
#pod =head1 HISTORY
#pod
#pod String::Formatter is based on L<String::Format|String::Format>, written by
#pod Darren Chamberlain.  For a history of the code, check the project's source code
#pod repository.  All bugs should be reported to Ricardo Signes and
#pod String::Formatter.  Very little of the original code remains.
#pod
#pod =end :postlude
#pod
#pod =for Pod::Coverage
#pod   codes
#pod   default_format_hunker
#pod   default_input_processor
#pod   default_string_replacer
#pod   default_hunk_formatter
#pod
__END__
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=encoding UTF-8
=head1 NAME
String::Formatter - build sprintf-like functions of your own
=head1 VERSION
version 1.235
=head1 SYNOPSIS
  use String::Formatter stringf => {
    -as   => 'str_rf',
    codes => {
      f => sub { $_ },
      b => sub { scalar reverse $_ },
      o => 'Okay?',
    },
  };
  print str_rf('This is %10f and this is %-15b, %o', 'forward', 'backward');
...prints...
  This is    forward and this is drawkcab       , okay?
=head1 DESCRIPTION
String::Formatter is a tool for building sprintf-like formatting routines.
It supports named or positional formatting, custom conversions, fixed string
interpolation, and simple width-matching out of the box.  It is easy to alter
its behavior to write new kinds of format string expanders.  For most cases, it
should be easy to build all sorts of formatters out of the options built into
String::Formatter.
Normally, String::Formatter will be used to import a sprintf-like routine
referred to as "C<stringf>", but which can be given any name you like.  This
routine acts like sprintf in that it takes a string and some inputs and returns
a new string:
  my $output = stringf "Some %a format %s for you to %u.\n", { ... };
This routine is actually a wrapper around a String::Formatter object created by
importing stringf.  In the following code, the entire hashref after "stringf"
is passed to String::Formatter's constructor (the C<new> method), save for the
C<-as> key and any other keys that start with a dash.
  use String::Formatter
    stringf => {
      -as => 'fmt_time',
      codes           => { ... },
      format_hunker   => ...,
      input_processor => ...,
    },
    stringf => {
      -as => 'fmt_date',
      codes           => { ... },
      string_replacer => ...,
      hunk_formatter  => ...,
    },
  ;
As you can see, this will generate two stringf routines, with different
behaviors, which are installed with different names.  Since the behavior of
these routines is based on the C<format> method of a String::Formatter object,
the rest of the documentation will describe the way the object behaves.
There's also a C<named_stringf> export, which behaves just like the C<stringf>
export, but defaults to the C<named_replace> and C<require_named_input>
arguments.  There's a C<method_stringf> export, which defaults
C<method_replace> and C<require_single_input>.  Finally, a C<indexed_stringf>,
which defaults to C<indexed_replaced> and C<require_arrayref_input>.  For more
on these, keep reading, and check out the cookbook.
L<String::Formatter::Cookbook> provides a number of recipes for ways to put
String::Formatter to use.
=head1 PERL VERSION
This library should run on perls released even a long time ago.  It should work
on any version of perl released in the last five years.
Although it may work on older versions of perl, no guarantee is made that the
minimum required version will not be increased.  The version may be increased
for any reason, and there is no promise that patches will be accepted to lower
the minimum required perl.
=head1 METHODS
=head2 new
  my $formatter = String::Formatter->new({
    codes => { ... },
    format_hunker   => ...,
    input_processor => ...,
    string_replacer => ...,
    hunk_formatter  => ...,
  });
This returns a new formatter.  The C<codes> argument contains the formatting
codes for the formatter in the form:
  codes => {
    s => 'fixed string',
    S => 'different string',
    c => sub { ... },
  }
Code values (or "conversions") should either be strings or coderefs.  This
hashref can be accessed later with the C<codes> method.
The other four arguments change how the formatting occurs.  Formatting happens
in five phases:
=over 4
=item 1
format_hunker - format string is broken down into fixed and %-code hunks
=item 2
input_processor - the other inputs are validated and processed
=item 3
string_replacer - replacement strings are generated by using conversions
=item 4
hunk_formatter - replacement strings in hunks are formatted
=item 5
all hunks, now strings, are recombined; this phase is just C<join>
=back
The defaults are found by calling C<default_WHATEVER> for each helper that
isn't given.  Values must be either strings (which are interpreted as method
names) or coderefs.  The semantics for each method are described in the
methods' sections, below.
=head2 format
  my $result = $formatter->format( $format_string, @input );
  print $formatter->format("My %h is full of %e.\n", 'hovercraft', 'eels');
This does the actual formatting, calling the methods described above, under
C<L</new>> and returning the result.
=head2 format_hunker
Format hunkers are passed strings and return arrayrefs containing strings (for
fixed content) and hashrefs (for formatting code sections).
The hashref hunks should contain at least two entries:  C<conversion> for the
conversion code (the s, d, or u in %s, %d, or %u); and C<literal> for the
complete original text of the hunk.  For example, a bare minimum hunker should
turn the following:
  I would like to buy %d %s today.
...into...
  [
    'I would like to buy ',
    { conversion => 'd', literal => '%d' },
    ' ',
    { conversion => 's', literal => '%d' },
    ' today.',
  ]
Another common entry is C<argument>.  In the format strings expected by
C<hunk_simply>, for example, these are free strings inside of curly braces.
These are used extensively other existing helpers for things liked accessing
named arguments or providing method names.
=head2 hunk_simply
This is the default format hunker.  It implements the format string semantics
L<described above|/FORMAT STRINGS>.
This hunker will produce C<argument> and C<conversion> and C<literal>.  Its
other entries are not yet well-defined for public consumption.
=head2 input_processor
The input processor is responsible for inspecting the post-format-string
arguments, validating them, and returning them in a possibly-transformed form.
The processor is passed an arrayref containing the arguments and should return
a scalar value to be used as the input going forward.
=head2 return_input
This input processor, the default, simply returns the input it was given with
no validation or transformation.
=head2 require_named_input
This input processor will raise an exception unless there is exactly one
post-format-string argument to the format call, and unless that argument is a
hashref.  It will also replace the arrayref with the given hashref so
subsequent phases of the format can avoid lots of needless array dereferencing.
=head2 require_arrayref_input
This input processor will raise an exception unless there is exactly one
post-format-string argument to the format call, and unless that argument is a
arrayref.  It will also replace the input with that single arrayref it found so
subsequent phases of the format can avoid lots of needless array dereferencing.
=head2 require_single_input
This input processor will raise an exception if more than one input is given.
After input processing, the single element in the input will be used as the
input itself.
=head2 forbid_input
This input processor will raise an exception if any input is given.  In other
words, formatters with this input processor accept format strings and nothing
else.
=head2 string_replacer
The string_replacer phase is responsible for adding a C<replacement> entry to
format code hunks.  This should be a string-value entry that will be formatted
and concatenated into the output string.  String replacers can also replace the
whole hunk with a string to avoid any subsequent formatting.
=head2 positional_replace
This replacer matches inputs to the hunk's position in the format string.  This
is the default replacer, used in the L<synopsis, above|/SYNOPSIS>, which should
make its behavior clear.  At present, fixed-string conversions B<do not> affect
the position of arg matched, meaning that given the following:
  my $formatter = String::Formatter->new({
    codes => {
      f => 'fixed string',
      s => sub { ... },
    }
  });
  $formatter->format("%s %f %s", 1, 2);
The subroutine is called twice, once for the input C<1> and once for the input
C<2>.  B<This behavior may change> after some more experimental use.
=head2 named_replace
This replacer should be used with the C<require_named_input> input processor.
It expects the input to be a hashref and it finds values to be interpolated by
looking in the hashref for the brace-enclosed name on each format code.  Here's
an example use:
  $formatter->format("This was the %{adj}s day in %{num}d weeks.", {
    adj => 'best',
    num => 6,
  });
=head2 indexed_replace
This replacer should be used with the C<require_arrayref_input> input
processor.  It expects the input to be an arrayref and it finds values to be
interpolated by looking in the arrayref for the brace-enclosed index on each
format code.  Here's an example use:
  $formatter->format("This was the %{1}s day in %{0}d weeks.", [ 6, 'best' ]);
=head2 method_replace
This string replacer method expects the input to be a single value on which
methods can be called.  If a value was given in braces to the format code, it
is passed as an argument.
=head2 keyed_replace
This string replacer method expects the input to be a single hashref.  Coderef
code values are used as callbacks, but strings are used as hash keys.  If a
value was given in braces to the format code, it is ignored.
For example if the codes contain C<< i => 'ident' >> then C<%i> in the format
string will be replaced with C<< $input->{ident} >> in the output.
=head2 hunk_formatter
The hunk_formatter processes each the hashref hunks left after string
replacement and returns a string.  When it is called, it is passed a hunk
hashref and must return a string.
=head2 format_simply
This is the default hunk formatter.  It deals with minimum and maximum width
cues as well as left and right alignment.  Beyond that, it does no formatting
of the replacement string.
=head1 FORMAT STRINGS
Format strings are generally assumed to look like Perl's sprintf's format
strings:
  There's a bunch of normal strings and then %s format %1.4c with %% signs.
The exact semantics of the format codes are not totally settled yet -- and they
can be replaced on a per-formatter basis.  Right now, they're mostly a subset
of Perl's astonishingly large and complex system.  That subset looks like this:
  %    - a percent sign to begin the format
  ...  - (optional) various modifiers to the format like "-5" or "#" or "2$"
  {..} - (optional) a string inside braces
  s    - a short string (usually one character) identifying the conversion
Not all format modifiers found in Perl's C<sprintf> are yet supported.
Currently the only format modifiers must match:
    (-)?          # left-align, rather than right
    (\d*)?        # (optional) minimum field width
    (?:\.(\d*))?  # (optional) maximum field width
Some additional format semantics may be added, but probably nothing exotic.
Even things like C<2$> and C<*> are probably not going to appear in
String::Formatter's default behavior.
Another subtle difference, introduced intentionally, is in the handling of
C<%%>.  With the default String::Formatter behavior, string C<%%> is not
interpreted as a formatting code.  This is different from the behavior of
Perl's C<sprintf>, which interprets it as a special formatting character that
doesn't consume input and always acts like the fixed string C<%>.  The upshot
of this is:
  sprintf "%%";   # ==> returns "%"
  stringf "%%";   # ==> returns "%%"
  sprintf "%10%"; # ==> returns "         %"
  stringf "%10%"; # ==> dies: unknown format code %
=for Pod::Coverage codes
  default_format_hunker
  default_input_processor
  default_string_replacer
  default_hunk_formatter
=head1 HISTORY
String::Formatter is based on L<String::Format|String::Format>, written by
Darren Chamberlain.  For a history of the code, check the project's source code
repository.  All bugs should be reported to Ricardo Signes and
String::Formatter.  Very little of the original code remains.
=head1 AUTHORS
=over 4
=item *
Ricardo Signes <cpan@semiotic.systems>
=item *
Darren Chamberlain <darren@cpan.org>
=back
=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
=for stopwords Darren Chamberlain David Steinbrunner dlc Ricardo Signes
=over 4
=item *
Darren Chamberlain <dlc@sevenroot.org>
=item *
David Steinbrunner <dsteinbrunner@pobox.com>
=item *
dlc <dlc>
=item *
Ricardo Signes <rjbs@semiotic.systems>
=back
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is Copyright (c) 2022 by Ricardo Signes <cpan@semiotic.systems>.
This is free software, licensed under:
  The GNU General Public License, Version 2, June 1991
=cut