Re: [boost] [Filesystem V3] Filesystem Version 3 beta 1 available for download and comment

Subject: Re: [boost] [Filesystem V3] Filesystem Version 3 beta 1 available for download and comment
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-02-20 06:09:32

>>
>> Similarly, unique_path() is poorly named because "unique path" is not a verbal.  The function should be named "make_unique_path."
>
> I also considered "make_unique_path", but worried that people might
> expect the actual path to be created in the external file system,
> rather than just returning a path object.

"Generate" would be less confusing:

     generate_unique_path()

Added to do list.

--Beman