RE: [boost] Status of dir_it library?

From: Michiel Salters (Michiel.Salters_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-17 05:00:42

Actually, the dir_it suffers from a porting problem: There's no Win32
implementation. I do have a much more restricted dir_it working on Win32
with the basic functionality - mostly as a proof of concept -, but trying to
merge it with the Boost POSIX version was too hard for MSVC6. Since I'm
about to switch laptops & the new one will have MSVC7, I've decided it can
wait. However, I don't think it's a major challenge with a more conformant
compiler (Intel?).

Regards,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: chengst87 [mailto:christian.engstrom_at_[hidden]]
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 2:29 PM
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: [boost] Status of dir_it library?
> 
> 
> I am considering using the dir_it library, but I feel a little 
> uncertain about its status.  On the Libraries index page it is listed 
> as a "Beta library" that will "soon be either submitted for formal 
> review or removed", but nothing seems to have been changed in the 
> library itself since 1998.
> 
> Does this mean the library has proved exceptionally stable during a 
> very long beta test period, or that it has been abandoned and should 
> be considered obsolete?  If the latter is the case, could anyone 
> suggest an alternative library that I should be using instead?