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std::formatter specialization for smart pointers

Currently something like

std::uniqueptr<int> uptr = std::makeunique<int>(42);
std::shared
ptr<int> sptr = std::makeshared<int>(42);
std::println("uptr: {}", uptr);
std::println("sptr: {}", s
ptr);

is ill formed because there is no specialization of std::formatter for smart pointer types.

On the other hand,

std::cout << "uptr: " << uptr << '\n';
std::cout << "sptr: " << s
ptr << '\n';

do work because ostream defines overloads for smart pointer types.

Please let me know if anyone has thoughts or if there's some reason that these types haven't been specialized that I'm missing.

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