Re: [Boost-users] [Filesystem] v3 using wide url with boost::iostreams::mapped_file

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Filesystem] v3 using wide url with boost::iostreams::mapped_file
From: eg (egoots_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-09 18:35:17

On 2/23/2011 4:01 PM, Bibbo, Joe wrote:
> We recently flipped the switch from v2 to v3 of the boost file system.
> Now that boost:filesystem::wpath
> is no longer a valid type, how do you work with the wide url and
> boost:iostreams::mapped_file?
>
> With v2 we would
> void doSomethingWithMapfile(std::wstring& url)
> {
> boost::iostreams::basic_mapped_file_params<boost::filesystem::wpath>
> attribs;
>
> // initialize attribs, including
>
> attribs.path = url;
>
> // create our mapped file
>
> boost::iostreams::mapped_file mapFile(attribs);
>
> // An then do something with the map file.
> }
>

There is a ticket #4485 which seems to cover this issue
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4485

It looks like someone has proposed a patch to address this, so hopefully 
it will get applied soon...

You could always apply the patch and see if it works for you.