Re: [boost] File operations: Win32 question [was Re: the first version of abstract path...]

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-23 19:37:55

At 04:54 PM 2/23/2002, you wrote:
 >----- Original Message -----
 >From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
 >To: <boost_at_[hidden]>; <boost_at_[hidden]>
 >Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 1:31 PM
 >Subject: Re: [boost] File operations: Win32 question [was Re: the
 >first version of abstract path...]
 >
 >
 >> If I understand you correctly, you are saying that this should also
 >be
 >> extended to include "const wstring& s" overloads?
 >>
 >> What should happen if the operating system doesn't support wstring
 >file
 >> names?
 >
 >This is not really a new problem.  A filesystem right now may only
 >support a subset of the valid values of 'char' as characters in a
 >filename.  If 'wchar_t' is used instead, the only thing that changes
 >is that there are more unsupported characters.

Good point.

--Beman