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+#ifndef slic3r_format_hpp_
+#define slic3r_format_hpp_
+
+// Functional wrapper around boost::format.
+// One day we may replace this wrapper with C++20 format
+// https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/format/format
+// though C++20 format uses a different template pattern for position independent parameters.
+// 
+// Boost::format works around the missing variadic templates by an ugly % chaining operator. The usage of boost::format looks like this:
+// (boost::format("template") % arg1 %arg2).str()
+// This wrapper allows for a nicer syntax:
+// Slic3r::format("template", arg1, arg2)
+// One can also override Slic3r::internal::format::cook() function to convert a Slic3r::format() argument to something that
+// boost::format may convert to string, see slic3r/GUI/I18N.hpp for a "cook" function to convert wxString to UTF8.
+
+#include <boost/format.hpp>
+
+namespace Slic3r {
+
+// https://gist.github.com/gchudnov/6a90d51af004d97337ec
+namespace internal {
+	namespace format {
+		// Default "cook" function - just forward.
+		template<typename T>
+		inline T&& cook(T&& arg) {
+		  	return std::forward<T>(arg);
+		}
+
+		// End of the recursive chain.
+		inline std::string format_recursive(boost::format& message) {
+		  	return message.str();
+		}
+
+		template<typename TValue, typename... TArgs>
+		std::string format_recursive(boost::format& message, TValue&& arg, TArgs&&... args) {
+			// Format, possibly convert the argument by the "cook" function.
+		  	message % cook(std::forward<TValue>(arg));
+		  	return format_recursive(message, std::forward<TArgs>(args)...);
+		}
+	}
+};
+
+template<typename... TArgs>
+inline std::string format(const char* fmt, TArgs&&... args) {
+	boost::format message(fmt);
+	return internal::format::format_recursive(message, std::forward<TArgs>(args)...);
+}
+
+template<typename... TArgs>
+inline std::string format(const std::string& fmt, TArgs&&... args) {
+	boost::format message(fmt);
+	return internal::format::format_recursive(message, std::forward<TArgs>(args)...);
+}
+
+} // namespace Slic3r
+
+#endif // slic3r_format_hpp_