toss get_format_field_list; obsoleted by tokenize_format_str()
shifting direction in RecordFormatter
WIP: the delicate dance of formatting continues
formatting is becoming more than a little tiresome, ngl
automatic positional argument resolution
trying out yet another new formatting concept
now we're getting somewhere (new progress in the new formatting direction. not entirely tedious.)
add tests for new formatting stuff
formatters, delicate formatters