On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:55 AM, Sachin Garg <schngrg@gmail.com> wrote:

In boost v1.47, filesystem\v3\src\path.cpp, inside function m_path_iterator_increment, on line 654,

It should be:

  it.m_element.m_pathname = preferred_separator;

Instead of 

  it.m_element.m_pathname = separator;

Reason:

In below sample code

  boost::filesystem::path new_path;

  for (fs::path::iterator i=path.begin();i!=path.end();i++)

    new_path/=(*i);

On windows when iterating a path using above code, line 654 incorrectly appends / instead of \ after drive letter. 

I can't speak for the Boost implementation along these lines, however, I am fairly certain that most (*recent* APIs anyway, such as .NET File, Directory, etc), will support either '/' or '\' with consistent results.