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Base template for `bsl&colon;&colon;formatter` specializations&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bslfmt&lowbar;formatterbase&period;h&gt;`

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----
template&lt;
    class t&lowbar;ARG,
    class t&lowbar;CHAR = char&gt;
struct formatter;
----

== Description

This is the base template for the `bsl&colon;&colon;formatter` class&period; Its members are deleted to ensure attempts to format a type without a partial specialization of `formatter` for that type will result in a compile time error&period;


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