Re: [boost] Re: filesystem hard link question

From: Walter Landry (wlandry_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-12 12:03:52

David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Walter Landry <wlandry_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
> > It throws whenever BOOST_POSIX is not defined.  It is just this (works
> > with 1.30.0, don't know about 1.31.0):
> >
> >     void link( const path & from_file_ph,
> >                const path & to_file_ph )
> >       {
> > #   ifdef BOOST_POSIX
> >         if(::link(from_file_ph.native_file_string().c_str(),
> >                   to_file_ph.native_file_string().c_str()) != 0)
> > #   endif
> >         boost::throw_exception( filesystem_error(
> >           "boost::filesystem::symlink",
> >           from_file_ph, to_file_ph, fs::detail::system_error_code() ) );
> >       }
> 
> Why is a runtime error better than a compile-time error in this case?

I implemented it this way because it was the easiest thing to do.  I'm
happy to make it a compile-time error.

Regards,
Walter Landry
wlandry_at_[hidden]