[boost] Re: [filesystem] Operations predicates

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-03 20:04:13

"Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:005701c55008$0eacc010$6401a8c0_at_pdimov2...
> Rob Stewart wrote:
>> I don't like the status()/symlink_status() split.  How about
>> overloading like this:
>>
>>   struct follow_symlink_t { };
>>   extern const follow_symlink_t follow_symlink;
>>
>>   status_flags status(path const &);
>>   status_flags status(path const &, follow_symlink_t);
>
> FWIW, I'm in favor of the current design.

Rationale?

--Beman