Re: [boost] File operations: Win32 question [was Re: the first version of abstract path...]

From: Rainer Deyke (root_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-23 16:54:32

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From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
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Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [boost] File operations: Win32 question [was Re: the
first version of abstract path...]

> If I understand you correctly, you are saying that this should also
be
> extended to include "const wstring& s" overloads?
>
> What should happen if the operating system doesn't support wstring
file
> names?

This is not really a new problem.  A filesystem right now may only
support a subset of the valid values of 'char' as characters in a
filename.  If 'wchar_t' is used instead, the only thing that changes
is that there are more unsupported characters.

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