[boost] Filesystem on mac

From: Geoff Leyland (geoff.leyland_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-08 03:40:07

Hi,

I've got an oldish bit of code that manages file paths on windows, unix 
and mac.  It's not nearly as full-featured as the filesystem path stuff, 
so obviously I'd like to replace it with the filesystem library.  
However, the filesystem library doesn't seem to manage mac paths, which 
I still need to do.  I've had a look at the code, and it's not really 
clear how one is supposed to add support for new path types.

There's a path object that does windows and unix paths, and a comment 
that this could be implemented differently for other platforms.  But 
there's no path superclass or anything.

In my implementation, I have a general path object (a vector of strings 
as opposed to a single string, but I don't think that matters), and a 
bunch of path interpreters.  When a string gets passed to a path 
constructor, each of the path interpreters has a go at guessing whether 
it can interpret the path.  (Or at least that's what it's meant to do, 
it's not quite that elegant).

So, how should I go about adding mac support for paths?

cheers,
goof

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