Stream builder notation for strings.

This should be less boilerplate than repeated `lexical_cast`
or `stringify` calls when building strings.

IOStreams/OStreamable.test/0.cc

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ static_assert( __cplusplus > 2020'00 );
 #include <Alepha/auto_comparable.h>
 
 #include <Alepha/IOStreams/delimiters.h>
+#include <Alepha/IOStreams/Stream.h>
 
 namespace
 {
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ namespace
 
 
 	auto
-	stringify( const Agg &agg, const std::string delim )
+	stringify_specific( const Agg &agg, const std::string delim )
 	{
 		std::ostringstream oss;
 		Alepha::IOStreams::setGlobalFieldDelimiter( "YOU SHOULD NOT SEE THIS" );
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ static auto init= Alepha::Utility::enroll <=[]
 {
 	using namespace Alepha::Testing::exports;
 	using namespace Alepha::Testing::literals::test_literals;
+	using namespace Alepha::IOStreams::exports::stream;
 
 	"Simple OStream (default delimiter)"_test <=TableTest< stringify_default >
 	::Cases
@@ -65,7 +67,24 @@ static auto init= Alepha::Utility::enroll <=[]
 		{ "smoke test", { { 1, 2, 3 } }, { "1\t2\t3" } },
 	};
 
-	"Simple OStream (specific delimiter)"_test <=TableTest< stringify >
+	"Simple OStream (specific delimiter)"_test <=TableTest< stringify_specific >
+	::Cases
+	{
+		{ "smoke test", { { 1, 2, 3 }, "\t" }, { "1\t2\t3" } },
+		{ "smoke test", { { 1, 2, 3 }, "," }, { "1,2,3" } },
+		{ "smoke test", { { 1, 2, 3 }, ";;" }, { "1;;2;;3" } },
+		{ "smoke test", { { 1, 2, 3 }, ", " }, { "1, 2, 3" } },
+	};
+
+	"Simple OStream (stream builder)"_test <=TableTest
+	<
+		[]( const Agg agg, const std::string delim )
+		{
+			using Alepha::IOStreams::Stream;
+			using Alepha::IOStreams::setFieldDelimiter;
+			return Stream{} << setFieldDelimiter( delim ) << agg << FinishString;
+		}
+	>
 	::Cases
 	{
 		{ "smoke test", { { 1, 2, 3 }, "\t" }, { "1\t2\t3" } },

IOStreams/Stream.h

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+static_assert( __cplusplus > 2020'00 );
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <Alepha/Alepha.h>
+
+#include <sstream>
+
+#include <Alepha/Concepts.h>
+
+namespace Alepha::Hydrogen::IOStreams  ::detail::  stream
+{
+	inline namespace exports
+	{
+		class Stream;
+
+		enum { FinishString };
+
+		std::string stringify( const Alepha::OStreamable auto &item, Alepha::OStreamable auto && ... params );
+	}
+
+	class exports::Stream
+	{
+		private:
+			// TODO: We need the exception throwing capabilities of the
+			// `boost::lexical_cast` operation.  But this stream technique
+			// lets us build strings using stream modifiers and manipulators,
+			// which `boost::lexical_cast` doesn't support.
+			std::ostringstream oss;
+
+		public:
+			Stream &&
+			operator << ( const Alepha::OStreamable auto &t ) &&
+			{
+				oss << t;
+				return std::move( *this );
+			}
+
+			std::string
+			operator << ( decltype( FinishString ) ) &&
+			{
+				return std::move( oss ).str();
+			}
+
+			operator std::string () &&
+			{
+				return std::move( *this ) << FinishString;
+			}
+	};
+
+	inline std::string
+	exports::stringify( const Alepha::OStreamable auto &item, Alepha::OStreamable auto && ... params )
+	{
+		return ( Stream{} << ... << params ) << item << FinishString;
+	}
+}
+
+namespace Alepha::Hydrogen::IOStreams::inline exports::inline stream
+{
+	using namespace detail::stream::exports;
+}

ProgramOptions.h

@@ -89,10 +89,11 @@ static_assert( __cplusplus > 2020'00 );
 
 #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
 
-#include <Alepha/Alepha.h>
 #include <Alepha/Concepts.h>
 #include <Alepha/string_algorithms.h>
 
+#include <Alepha/IOStreams/Stream.h>
+
 #include <Alepha/Utility/evaluation_helpers.h>
 
 namespace Alepha::inline Cavorite  ::detail::  program_options
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ namespace Alepha::inline Cavorite  ::detail::  program_options
 				// variable's value in C++ at runtime.
 				auto defaultBuilder= [&value]
 				{
-					auto text= boost::lexical_cast< std::string >( value );
+					auto text= IOStreams::stringify( value );
 
 					if( text.find_first_of( " \n\t" ) != std::string::npos )
 					{

Testing/TableTest.h

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ static_assert( __cplusplus > 2020'00 );
 #include <Alepha/function_traits.h>
 #include <Alepha/template_for_each.h>
 
+#include <Alepha/IOStreams/Stream.h>
+
 #include <Alepha/Utility/evaluation_helpers.h>
 
 #include <Alepha/TotalOrder.h>
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ namespace Alepha::Hydrogen::Testing  ::detail::  table_test
 		}
 		else if constexpr( Meta::is_ostreamable_v< T > )
 		{
-			return boost::lexical_cast< std::string >( v );
+			return IOStreams::stringify( v );
 		}
 		else if constexpr( Meta::is_optional_v< T > )
 		{
@@ -269,11 +271,11 @@ namespace Alepha::Hydrogen::Testing  ::detail::  table_test
 					const auto result= witness == expected;
 					if( not result )
 					{
-						std::cout << "  " << C::testFail << "FAILED CASE" << resetStyle << ": " << comment << std::endl;
+						std::cout << "    " << C::testFail << "FAILED CASE" << resetStyle << ": " << comment << std::endl;
 						++failureCount;
 						printDebugging< outputMode >( witness, expected );
 					}
-					else std::cout << "  " << C::testPass << "PASSED CASE" << resetStyle << ": " << comment << std::endl;
+					else std::cout << "    " << C::testPass << "PASSED CASE" << resetStyle << ": " << comment << std::endl;
 				}
 
 				return failureCount;

tuplize_args.h

@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ static_assert( __cplusplus > 2020'00 );
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
 #include <optional>
-#include <tuplle>
+#include <tuple>
 
 #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
 
+#include <Alepha/IOStreams/Stream.h>
+
 #include "meta.h"
 #include "error.h"
 #include "Concepts.h"
@@ -48,10 +50,10 @@ namespace Alepha::Hydrogen  ::detail::  tuplize_args
 				explicit
 				ArityMismatchError( const std::size_t remaining, const std::size_t processed, const std::string &clarification= "" )
 				: remaining_( remaining ), processed_( processed ), clarification( clarification ),
-				message( ( clarification.empty() ? "" : ( clarification + ": " ) )
-				+ "Argument count mismatch.  "
-				+ boost::lexical_cast< std::string >( remaining ) + " remaining "
-				+ boost::lexical_cast< std::string >( processed ) + " processed" ) {}
+				message( IOStream::Stream{} << ( clarification.empty() ? "" : ( clarification + ": " ) )
+						<< "Argument count mismatch.  "
+						<<  remaining << " remaining "
+						<<  processed j< " processed" ) {}
 
 
 				const char *
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ namespace Alepha::Hydrogen  ::detail::  tuplize_args
 
 			const std::vector< std::string > rv;
 			std::transform( begin( args ) + offset, end( args ), back_inserter( rv ),
-					boost::lexical_cast< type, std::string > );
+					IOStreams::stringify< type > );
 			return std::tuple_cat( std::tuple{ arv }, tuplizeArgsBackend( tail{}, args, offset + rv.size() ) );
 		}
 		else