[GROOVY-1750] printf should work with any PrintStream and support sprintf

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.1-beta-1
• Component/s: groovy-jdk
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Paul King
• Created: 24/Feb/07 22:29
• Updated: 07/Apr/15 19:07
• Resolved: 24/Feb/07 23:14

Description

printf currently sends to System.out
It should work for System.err or PrintStreams to files etc.
It should also be available via strings (e.g. as per sprintf)