Re: [boost] Path access to underlying sequence [was: Filesystem library updated]

From: Thomas Witt (witt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-24 14:58:42

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Beman,

On Saturday 20 July 2002 02:40, Beman Dawes wrote:
>
> That's a long way of saying that class path really needs some standard
> library container-like functions, or maybe a way to export a
> container.  The path::empty() function came about because I got tired of
> writing (for path foo):
>
>     if ( foo.generic_path().empty() ) ...
>
> And wanted to write instead:
>
>     if ( foo.empty() ) ...
>
> The name "empty" came from the same function in standard library
> containers.
>
> Anyhow, it may be easier to know what to do about path::empty() once the
> question of how to provide a container-like (rather that the current
> string-like) views of the contents of a path.

My main concern was not the need for both functions. It is just that I think 
from a usability point of view it is inacceptable that they have the same 
name.

- --Thomas

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Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Witt
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