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Return the number of arguments held by the specified `args`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslfmt_format_args.h>`

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template<class t_CONTEXT>
static
size_t
formatArgsSize(xref:BloombergLP/bslfmt/basic_format_args.adoc[basic_format_args<t_CONTEXT>] const& args);
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== Description

This permits access to the private `size` accessor of `basic_format_args` without requiring long distance friendship.

== Return Value

the number of arguments held by `args`

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *args*
| format arguments whose size is returned
|===


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