RE: [boost] boost/filesystem/directory.hpp is_file()

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-20 17:14:15

Beman -

Somewhere in this thread you were asking if is_file is really needed and that
you were mostly using !is_directory().  I don't see a problem with eliminating
is_file().  It is redundant and if you think it will cause confusion then I
would kill it.  More generically, I suppose, the issue is whether the thing is a
'composite/container' or a 'leaf'.   So you could go with something like
is_leaf() or is_container() but this just seems more obscure than is_directory()
to me.

Jeff