[boost] Re: New design proposal for boost::filesystem

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-26 14:30:58

Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:

> At 08:21 PM 8/24/2004, David Abrahams wrote:
>
>  >...I have a hard time with some
>  >design elements of boost::filesystem, but have a hard time formulating
>  >cogent arguments about them.
>
> I remember that you had some feeling that the generic path grammar
> could be improved to make relative/absolute queries more uniform
> between Windows and POSIX. 

I don't remember that; I guess it's been too long.

> My plan was to sit down with you in Sydney
> and learn more about your ideas, but then I ended up not going. Maybe
> we could work on that by email.

Maybe next week; I'm all tied up now.  

Cheers,
-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com