RE: [boost] filesystem/directory.hpp header redux

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-04-01 11:19:45

At 10:50 AM 4/1/2002, Stewart, Robert wrote:

 >> I also think that reg. exp. matching should be done through a
 >> predicate, if
 >> nothing else to avoid the dependency of the filesystem
 >> library the on reg. exp.
 >> library.
 >
 >That's an excellent reason to rely on a predicate to handle the RE 
pattern
 >matching.  A standard predicate that uses an RE can be supplied in a
 >separate header.  (Obviously, an overload of the function could be 
supplied
 >in that separate header, too.)

That's an argument for having a boost/regex_fwd.hpp header, not altering 
the design of the directory library, IMO.

--Beman