Re: [boost] [filesystem]: bug and patch in path_posix_windows.cpp

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-15 11:02:48

At 11:26 AM 9/14/2004, Angus Leeming wrote:

 >There are lots of "#ifdef BOOST_WINDOWS ... #endif" blocks wrapping code 
to
 >handle the ':' in libs/filesystem/path_posix_windows.cpp. In one place
 >only is the preprocessor block missing, which I believe is a bug. Patch
 >attached.
 >
 >Silly test case. Without the patch, this:
 >
 >        #include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
 >        #include <iostream>
 >        #include <string>
 >
 >        namespace fs = boost::filesystem;
 >
 >        int main()
 >        {
 >            std::string const PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin";
 >            fs::path const path(PATH, fs::no_check);
 >            std::cout << PATH << '\n'
 >                      << path.native_file_string() << std::endl;
 >            return 0;
 >        }
 >
 >Produces
 >        /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
 >        /usr/local/bin:usr/bin:bin
 >under *nix.

Thanks for spotting this. I've added the test case to path_test.cpp, and 
applied the patch to fix the problem.

--Beman