[boost] Boost.Filesystem i18n mini-review

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-27 14:24:48

There will be a mini-review of Boost.Filesystem library's proposed i18n 
changes from today, Monday, June 27th, until Wednesday, July 6th.

A ZIP file which can be unzipped into a regular Boost directory tree is 
available at http://www.esva.net/~beman/i18n/i18n.zip

If you would like to read the documentation online, see 
http://www.esva.net/~beman/i18n/libs/filesystem/doc/index.htm

If you are only interested in changes relative to the current library, see 
http://www.esva.net/~beman/i18n/libs/filesystem/doc/i18n.html

Everything is also available from the Boost CVS on the "i18n" branch.

The code has been tested a number of compilers for Windows, Linux, and Mac 
OS X. For old less compliant compilers, only narrow characters paths are 
supported.

Since this is a major revision, a mini-review gives people a chance to 
comment well before the changes appear in an actual Boost release. The 
"i18n" changes won't be merged into the Boost CVS main trunk until after 
mini-review comments are addressed and Boost 1.33.0 ships, so they won't 
appear in a release until 1.34.0.

Because this is a mini-review of an existing library, the primary focus of 
reviews should be on the new features and other changes. Comments on 
existing portions of the library are also of interest.

Here are some questions you might want to answer in your review:

* What is your evaluation of the design?

* What is your evaluation of the implementation?

* What is your evaluation of the documentation?

* What is your evaluation of the potential usefulness of the library?

* Did you try to use the library?  With what compiler?  Did you have any 
problems?

* How much effort did you put into your evaluation? A glance? A quick 
reading? In-depth study?

* Do you think that this major revision should be accepted by Boost? Be 
sure to say this explicitly so your other comments don't obscure your 
overall opinion.

Thanks,

--Beman

PS: For a picture my workspace: http://www.esva.net/~beman/workspace.jpg 
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