LWG4522 Clarify that std::format transcodes for std::wformat_strings

burblebee · tkoeppe · commit add4df6d8328 · 2026-04-12T18:18:14.000+01:00
diff --git a/source/text.tex b/source/text.tex
@@ -6446,7 +6446,9 @@
 let \range{first}{last} be a range
 large enough to hold the \tcode{to_chars} output
 and \tcode{value} be the formatting argument value.
-Formatting is done as if by calling \tcode{to_chars} as specified
+Formatting is done as if by calling \tcode{to_chars} as specified,
+transcoding the \tcode{to_chars} output to the wide literal encoding if
+\tcode{charT} is \tcode{wchar_t},
 and copying the output through the output iterator of the format context.
 \begin{note}
 Additional padding and adjustments are performed
