Re: [boost] [filesystem] i18n branch committed to CVS

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-24 04:55:49

On Thursday 19 May 2005 00:53, Beman Dawes wrote:

> > and values of LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LC_LANG variables. But then it
> > contains its
> > own translation tables. So using locale("") is the best guess, I think.
>
> OK, I've added wpath_traits::imbue() functions so the user can control the
> locale to get the conversion facet. If the user doesn't call imbue(), the
> default will be the global locale at the time of first use of a wpath
> conversion. But see below.

Good.

>
> > So using locale("") is the best guess, I think.
>
> After reading the C++, C, and POSIX standards, I would say you are right.
> But wide_test got a conversion failure from the codecvt facet on the Mac.
> Ditto for the global locale. I haven't tested on POSIX yet. 

Looking at the test, it creates various files with various funny names. So, if 
locale("") is not unicode, you'll indeed get conversion failures. Or do I 
miss something?

- Volodya