Re: [boost] [filesystem] documentation nitpick

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-12 10:33:14

At 08:28 AM 8/12/2002, Thomas Witt wrote:

 >In "File and directory recommendations" the rationale given for "Do not
 >assume names are case sensitive." is wrong. I agree that there are case
 >insensitive filesystems (FAT32 IIRC) but not all Windows fs are case
 >insensitive. NTFS for instance is in fact case sensitive, Windows just
 >tries to hide this.

For context, the quote is from a series of portability recommendations, 
including both:

-- Do not assume names are case sensitive.
-- Do not assume names are case insensitive.

It seems to me those are both valid recommendations for programs which wish 
to be widely portable.

So, it really is a question of making the rationale a bit more 
precise.  I'll do that, based on the comments of other responses.

--Beman