Re: [boost] [filesystem] Decomposition of filenames beginning with period?

Subject: Re: [boost] [filesystem] Decomposition of filenames beginning with period?
From: Vicente BOTET (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-07 13:32:19

> Message du 07/04/11 19:24
> De : "Olaf van der Spek" 
> A : boost_at_[hidden]
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> Objet : Re: [boost] [filesystem] Decomposition of filenames beginning with period?
> 
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Scott McMurray  wrote:
> >>> Not an argument for or against, but what is the stem and extension in
> >>> 'filename.with.many.of.periods'? Â I think the rule you apply to this
> >>> should be consistent with .file
> >>
> >> stem: filename
> >> extension: .with.many.of.periods
> >>
> >
> > Are you sure?
> 
> That's what I'd think.
> 
> > Â  Â "if p.filename() contains a dot but does not consist solely of one
> > or to two dots, returns the substring of p.filename() starting at the
> > rightmost dot and ending at the path's end. Otherwise, returns an
> > empty path object." ~
> > 
> >
> > Sounds like stem is "filename.with.many.of" and extension is ".periods".
> 
> Hmm, I was thinking about stuff like file.tar.gz

For me the extension is "gz" and the stem is "file.tar".

Vicente