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

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-20 19:20:13

At 05:14 PM 3/20/2002, Jeff Garland wrote:

 >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.

Agreed.  I've never had any concern over is_directory().  But the more I 
think about is_file(), the more I think Peter was right to question it. 
Thanks for the confirmation.

Unless someone posts a strong counter argument, I'm going to kill 
is_file().

--Beman