Re: [boost] [filesystem] Thoughts on wide character paths

From: Thorsten Ottosen (tottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-17 19:09:00

Peter Dimov wrote:
> Beman Dawes wrote:

> With this approach, we can have a single path class that handles everything. 
> No need to choose between a narrow path and a wide path, and no need to 
> encode the character encoding into the path type.
> 
> I've tried to communicate this via code, apparently with mixed success. :-) 

FWIW, I like the idea. Template arguments tend to create too many types
wich again *forces* you to write your own functions as templates.

-Thorsten