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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Consider explicit string formatting module","articleBody":"### What is the problem this feature will solve?\r\n\r\nNode.js has multiple formatting related APIs such as `util.inspect()`, `util.format()`, `util.formatWithOptions()`, `util.stripVTControlCharacters(str)` and multiple `util.inspect` sub APIs such as `colors`, `custom`, `styles` and `defaultOptions`.\r\n\r\nWe recently added `util.parseArgs()` to the util module and it becomes pretty big overall, while not all really being connected with each other.\r\n\r\n### What is the feature you are proposing to solve the problem?\r\n\r\nIt is also considered to add new APIs such as a nicer abstraction for colors. To do so, I would like to create a new module that only contains string formatting APIs including the above. These APIs should always be kept supported from the util module as reference to the new module.\r\n\r\n@nodejs/util @nodejs/tooling @nodejs/tsc any opinions?","author":{"url":"https://github.com/BridgeAR","@type":"Person","name":"BridgeAR"},"datePublished":"2022-06-11T14:45:52Z","url":"https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/43382"}