Re: [boost] [filesystem] Function name changes

From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-03 22:44:06

AMDG

Michael Marcin wrote:
> Steven Watanabe wrote:
>> AMDG
>>
>> Michael Marcin wrote:
>>> That is annoying but it seems like a trailing slash at the end of a 
>>> path would be enough to differentiate paths to files from paths to 
>>> directories.
>>
>> Doesn't that force the path constructor to access the file system?
>>
>
> I think it just forces the user to supply a path that meets this 
> criteria.

1) I for one would be very surprised by a library that requires this.  No
  tool that I can think of works this way.
2) How do you deal with an input parameter that can be either a
  file or a directory?  Do you have to determine which it is before 
creating a path?
  The boost::filesystem functions for determining this take paths...

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe