[boost] Re: Boost.Filesystem: naming, canonical path

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-11 12:38:18

Thomas Witt <witt_at_[hidden]> writes:

> What would be the native representation for the following native
                    ^^^^^^                                  ^^^^^^
> paths
>
> C:\C\foo
> \C\foo
> C:\foo

Not a very interesting challenge.

    "C:\C\foo"
    "\C\foo"
    "C:\foo"

I assume you mean the portable representation of the native paths:

    "/C/C/foo"
    "/" + *current_path().begin() + "/C/foo" (**)
    "/C/foo"

(**) There is no way to represent "The foo subdirectory of the C
directory of the current drive" portably, because it isn't a portable
concept.  Therefore, we could pick other sensible answers for the
middle path, e.g.:

       1. Exception is thrown

       2. "./C/foo"

       3. "/*/C/foo" where '*' is some character not normally allowed
          in portable paths.
    

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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