Re: [boost] filesystem - please don't use fstream.hpp

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-16 11:01:33

At 08:56 AM 8/16/2002, David Abrahams wrote:

 >It changes somehow. It certainly won't be called <boost/fstream.hpp>
 >anymore.

For Boost, it is actually called <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>, but that 
is immaterial to Dave's point that the header name will change in some way 
that will be determined by the committee.

They might name the header <filesystem/fstream> for example.

Remember that, according to the C, C++, and POSIX standards, 
<filesystem/fstream> is the name of a header, not a path to a file.

It's implementation defined how that header name is actually found.  Might 
be converted into a file path. Might be stored within memory. Whatever.

The committee's decision on what to name the header will be taken in the 
larger context of how to provided updated library facilities without 
breaking existing code.

To me, using Boost-like header and namespace conventions as I've done with 
the Filesystem Library is a good approach, but the issue is very complex 
and some committee members have strong opinions on the subject, so I won't 
try to guess what they will do.

--Beman