Re: [boost] FW: [filesystem] : basic_path : Feature request

Subject: Re: [boost] FW: [filesystem] : basic_path : Feature request
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-07 18:08:59

Emil Dotchevski wrote:

>> const boost::filesystem::path path("dir1/./dir2/./dir3");
>> rob_path rpath;
>> std::remove_copy(path.begin(), path.end(), std::back_inserter(rpath), ".");
> 
> Arguably the problem here isn't with basic_path, but with
> std::back_inserter, which insists on push_back being a member
> function. You could write your own path_inserter or something.

Can't we use lambda for this?

   path rpath;
   std::remove_copy(path.begin(), path.end(), var(rpath) /= _1, ".");