Re: [boost] [filesystem] "leaf"

From: John Femiani (JOHN.FEMIANI_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-30 19:43:49

David Abrahams wrote: 
> >
> > FYI:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename
> >
> > I think it is interesting that the wikipedia community 
> distinguishes 
> > windows filenames from unix filenames, so that on unix systems the 
> > 'extension' is part of the name but on windows systems it is not.
> 
> The latter is "true" in some sense from the user's 
> perspective, or at least Windows tries to present that 
> illusion.  But every programmer quickly learns that the 
> extension *is* really part of the file's name on Windows.  
> We're presenting names for programmers, not GUI users.
> 

Really? It is definately part of the path on windows but...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e737s6tf(VS.80).aspx

Anyhow I liked your suggestion to just use 'name()', I vote for that
one.

-- John