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+/* *\
+** ________ ___ __ ___ Scala API **
+** / __/ __// _ | / / / _ | (c) 2002-2011, LAMP/EPFL **
+** __\ \/ /__/ __ |/ /__/ __ | http://scala-lang.org/ **
+** /____/\___/_/ |_/____/_/ |_| **
+** **
+\* */
+
+package scala.runtime
+
+/** A wrapper class that adds a `formatted` operation to any value
+ */
+final class StringFormat(val self: Any) {
+
+ // Note: The implicit conversion from Any to StringFormat is one of two
+ // implicit conversions from Any to AnyRef in Predef. It is important to have at least
+ // two such conversions, so that silent conversions from value types to AnyRef
+ // are avoided. If StringFormat should become a value class, another
+ // implicit conversion from Any to AnyRef has to be introduced in Predef
+
+ /** Returns string formatted according to given `format` string.
+ * Format strings are as for `String.format`
+ * (@see java.lang.String.format).
+ */
+ @inline def formatted(fmtstr: String): String = fmtstr format self
+
+}