[boost] Re: Oughtn't filesystem::path acc ept the "*" and "?" wildcards?

From: Edward Diener (eddielee_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-04-20 13:17:57

Beman Dawes wrote:
> At 08:22 AM 4/9/2003, Christian Engström wrote:
>
>  >In my application I need to handle paths that contain wildcards,
>  such as >for example "foo/chapter?.txt" or "bar/*/index.html".
>
> I think that your need is both valid and commonplace, but that the
> way to handle it isn't necessarily to modify the filesystem library.
>
> Rather, think about using a filter iterator. See
> www.boost.org/libs/utility/filter_iterator.htm
>
> There are a couple of caveats: (1) I haven't actually tried it, so
> don't
> know if it is a practical solution, and (2) Dave, Jeremy, and Thomas
> are working on a major update to iterator adaptors so details may
> change once they are done.

What good is a filter iterator adaptor supposed to accomplish in this
situation ?