Re: [boost] [filesystem 1.32.0] bug in name checking for win32 nativepaths

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-22 06:41:03

"Russell Hind" <rh_gmane_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:d8rjab$64u$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
>I have two paths, both set to c:\ and if I concatenate them using
> operator /, I get a resultant path of c:\c:\ which is invalid, but the
> namechecking doesn't throw an execption. e.g.
>
> void test(void)
> {
> boost::filesystem::path p("C:\\", boost::filesystem::native);
> boost::filesystem::path p2(p);
>   p2 = p2 / p;
> }
>
> p2 results as "c:/c:/" (the internal representation).

I'm reluctant to modify the code involved. It is messy, and changes are 
likely to introduce new errors close to release. The whole approach to 
checking changes with the i18n release, too, so any advantage gained is 
short-lived.

Thanks for the report,

--Beman