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+/*
+  This file is part of Ingen.
+  Copyright 2007-2023 David Robillard <http://drobilla.net/>
+
+  Ingen is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+  terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
+  Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+
+  Ingen is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+  A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Affero General Public License for details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+  along with Ingen.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef INGEN_FMT_HPP
+#define INGEN_FMT_HPP
+
+#include <boost/format.hpp> // IWYU pragma: export
+
+#include <initializer_list>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace ingen {
+template <typename... Args>
+std::string
+fmt(const char* fmt, Args&&... args)
+{
+	boost::format                     f{fmt}; // NOLINT(misc-const-correctness)
+	const std::initializer_list<char> l{
+	    (static_cast<void>(f % std::forward<Args>(args)), char{})...};
+
+	(void)l;
+	return boost::str(f);
+}
+
+} // namespace ingen
+
+#endif // INGEN_FMT_HPP