> That's a valid point, but what you're saying is that the feature is only intended to help create log messages and the like,
Yes exactly.
> which raises the question of why add a feature with so little utility
It's indeed not the most important feature ever, but after running a quick `rg "format!" | wc -l` in my Rust directories (for both work and hobby projects), it found 2797 occurrences, which isn't nothing.
> when it could have much greater utility? There's a missed opportunity here.
I bet most people in the Rust team are simply not aware of the recent Java developments on that front. Hopefully having an openjdk developer sharing insight and documentation on that topic on public forums can foster cross-pollination on that topic :).
Yes exactly.
> which raises the question of why add a feature with so little utility
It's indeed not the most important feature ever, but after running a quick `rg "format!" | wc -l` in my Rust directories (for both work and hobby projects), it found 2797 occurrences, which isn't nothing.
> when it could have much greater utility? There's a missed opportunity here.
I bet most people in the Rust team are simply not aware of the recent Java developments on that front. Hopefully having an openjdk developer sharing insight and documentation on that topic on public forums can foster cross-pollination on that topic :).