Re: [boost] boost::filesystem::path frustration

Subject: Re: [boost] boost::filesystem::path frustration
From: Daniel Pfeifer (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-01-27 14:30:15

2013/1/27 Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]>:
>
> on Sun Jan 27 2013, Rob Stewart <robertstewart-AT-comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> On Jan 25, 2013, at 6:52 PM, Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>>> IMO paths are abstract entities that aren't necessarily realized in
>>> the local filesystem.  The results of pure path manipulations must
>>> therefore not depend on the state of the local filesystem.
>>> Operations accepting paths as input that depend on the local
>>> filesystem structure should be seen as operations on the filesystem
>>> rather than operations on paths.
>>
>> +1
>>
>> I also like the idea that a path is a container of elements.
>
> In fact there probably ought to be an object representing the local
> filesystem, so you could also (in principle) do operations on a remote
> filesystem.

... or a virtual filesystem (eg. an archive).

>  That would very clearly distinguish path operations from
> filesystem ones: since you don't need a filesystem to manipulate paths,
> the signatures would differ.
>
> --
> Dave Abrahams
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