Yes. The basic idea is that there's a specifier that allows a formatted string to transparently decay into an ordinary string (à la array-to-pointer decay) so t

Yes. The basic idea is that there's a specifier that allows a formatted string to transparently decay into an ordinary string (à la array-to-pointer decay) so that "auto" doesn't produce dangling references, and so that chains of more than one implicit conversion can take place.