Re: [boost] the first version of abstract path manipulation class (interface)

From: Carl Daniel (cpdaniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-24 17:02:10

From: "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_[hidden]>
> From: "Carl Daniel" <cpdaniel_at_[hidden]>
> 
> > All Windows APIs support / as a path separator - it is not a function of
> the C/C++ RTL.
> 
> Not quite. There's Cygwin et. al, which don't always respond well to "\",
> making life more interesting for everybody ;-)
> 

Cygwin is not a Windows API.  It's really a platform all it's own.

Yes, far too interesting for something as mundane as path separators.

-cd