Re: [boost] [iostreams][filesystem] v3 adapter uploaded to ticket #4485

Subject: Re: [boost] [iostreams][filesystem] v3 adapter uploaded to ticket #4485
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-09 12:13:01

AMDG

On 03/03/2011 05:32 AM, Jeff Flinn wrote:
> I've uploaded an adapter allowing filesystem V3 path to be passed to 
> the iostreams library constructors and methods taking paths. I'm using 
> it with boost 1.44 on MSVC8 and Xcode3.1.2 with gcc4.0.1. It currently 
> requires that BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION is defined to be 3, and that 
> users manually use the adapter like:
>
>   #include <boost/iostreams/device/mapped_file.hpp>
>   #include <boost/iostreams/filesystem_v3_path_adapter.hpp>
>
>   ...
>
>   boost::filesystem::path p(...);
>
>   namespace io = boost::iostreams;
>
>   io::mapped_file_source mf_src(io::filesystem_v3_path_adapter(p));
>
>
> Filesystem V3 is deprecated in the upcoming boost 1.47, and will NOT 
> be included in boost 1.48. Has anyone started updating iostreams to 
> account for the removal of filesystem V2? IIRC, Steven Watanabe has 
> been doing some iostreams maintenance. It looks like Jonathan Turkanis 
> is no longer around, is there a new iostreams maintainer?
>
> I can take this on if no one else is/has.

I don't think anyone's working on this.
Is there a ticket for it?

> In my view, and as a few others have stated as well, filesystem V3 
> path is the common/portable path currency in boost today. The 
> iostreams interface/implementation can be simplified by utilizing 
> path's portability. The windows implementation would always call 
> CreateFileW passing path.wstring().c_str.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe