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>Actually, an Ada version of printf would be sufficient,

Won't intermixed text and 'image do what you want, or do you actually
need format control?  In the latter case, a modest set of simple
function i_image(value : integer; format : string) return string;
function f_image(value : float;
                 width, precision : positive;
                 left_adjust : boolean := true);
function f_image(value : long_float;
                 width, precision : positive;
                 left_adjust : boolean := true);
style routines ought to do the job, no?