Re: FW: [boost] Re: [filesystem] documentation nitpick

From: Thomas Witt (witt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-13 12:43:30

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On Tuesday 13 August 2002 15:19, Beman Dawes wrote:
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> So I agree firmly with Carl - the Filesystem Library should not try to
> provide access to the subtleties of each operating system.

Thats what I think. Though there is a little quirk here. Depending on the 
implementation the following situation can arise. The directory_iterator will 
list two different files that can't be accessed independently. This makes me 
feel a little uncomfortable as in many cases the user of the library will
not have influence on the filesystem the application runs on. Might be worth a 
note in the documentation.

Just as an idea can the implementation try case sensitive access first
and resort to case-insensitive in case of failure? What does this mean 
performance wise.

- --Thomas

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Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Witt
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