Re: [boost] Design for a file system library

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-23 11:14:06

At 12:13 AM 2/23/2002, Dan Nuffer wrote:

 >Beman Dawes wrote:
 >
 >>I've written a design document for a file system library. See
 >>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/files/filesystem/filesystem_library_des
 >ign.htm
 >>
 >>It is still rough, but should serve to focus discussions.
 >>
 >>Comments appreciated.
 >>
 >
 >Looks like a great start.  One thing that isn't clear: Does a filepath
 >contain text suitable to pass to a fstream constructor?

Yes, that is very much the exact intent for std::basic_string<char> 
filepaths.  And others like std::basic_string<wchar_t> should have a 
conversion to std::basic_string<char> if the platform supports it.

I've changed the doc to make that much clearer.  Thanks.

 >on the same vein, it may also be desireable to add this operation:
 >- Given a filepath, return a path suitable to use with the native
 >platform file API

Yes, and the reverse conversion is also needed.  I'll add those.

Thanks, much appreciated!

--Beman