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 18:17:39

Andrey Semashev wrote:
> 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, ".");

Oh, I meant something like this:

   for_each(path.begin(), path.end(), if_(_1 != ".") [var(rpath) /= _1]);