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A temporary reference to a formatting argument

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/format.hpp#L72[boost&sol;url&sol;format&period;hpp]&gt;`

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using format&lowbar;arg = &sol;&ast; implementation-defined &ast;&sol;;
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== Description

This class represents a temporary reference to a formatting argument used by the xref:boost/urls/format-06.adoc[`format`] function&period;

A xref:boost/urls/format-06.adoc[`format`] argument should always be created by passing the argument to be formatted directly to the xref:boost/urls/format-06.adoc[`format`] function&period;

Any type that can be formatted into a URL with the xref:boost/urls/format-06.adoc[`format`] function is convertible to this type&period;

This includes basic types, types convertible to `core&colon;&colon;string&lowbar;view`, and xref:boost/urls/named_arg.adoc[`named&lowbar;arg`]&period;

== See Also

xref:boost/urls/format-06.adoc[`format`], xref:boost/urls/format_to-01.adoc[`format&lowbar;to`], xref:boost/urls/arg.adoc[`arg`]&period;


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