[boost] [filesystem] Version 3 request for comments

Subject: [boost] [filesystem] Version 3 request for comments
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-01 12:53:11

A prototype implementation of version 3 of Boost.Filesystem is available 
for comment.

The critical feature of this prototype is the replacement of the class 
basic_path template with a single class path that supports both narrow 
and wide character paths.  It also supports user supplied types, and 
will support the new C++0x char16_t and char32_t character types as 
compiler and standard library support becomes available.

There is still a lot of additional work before V3 could be added to the 
trunk and eventually released. For example, work so far has concentrated 
on the new functionality, and ignored breaking changes to existing code. 
But enough stuff is working to make requesting comments useful.

See 
http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/filesystem-v3/libs/filesystem/doc/v3_design.html 
for a fuller description of the prototype and links to the prototype 
implementation.

I've got some specific issues I'd like opinions on, but would first like 
to hear comments from anyone interested.

--Beman