Re: [boost] [filesystem] Make basic_path more generic?

From: Alexei Alexandrov (alexei.alexandrov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-20 16:15:12

Beman Dawes wrote:
> 
> I've created ticket #1936 with the above.
> 
> There are two perspectives to consider at this issue.
> 
> * As a very specific tweak to the current interface.
> 
> * As a further indication that there should be a single path type that 
> can handle both wide and narrow types. Peter Dimov suggested that once, 
> and I keep turning over in my mind how it could be accomplished. With 
> C++0x supplying two new character types, the need becomes more pressing. 
> I still don't want to invent a solution that applies only to filesystem 
> paths; there is a general need for strings that can cope with multiple 
> character types and encodings.
> 

Thanks.

I don't think that this tweak is that much specific, though. I think it 
is rather in line with the rest of STL interfaces that try to be 
type-generic.

Thanks again.

-- 
Alexei Alexandrov