Re: [boost] [Filesystem] Proposal: make filesystem generic-programming friendly

Subject: Re: [boost] [Filesystem] Proposal: make filesystem generic-programming friendly
From: Ahmed Charles (acharles_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-02-14 12:40:54

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> Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:18:11 -0500
> From: bdawes_at_[hidden]
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [boost] [Filesystem] Proposal: make filesystem generic-programming friendly
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> On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Alexander Lamaison <awl03_at_[hidden]>wrote:
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>>
>> The impeding standard was what caused me to release the draft now. I'd
>> like
>> to get this into Boost.Filesystem before the standard (which is based on
>> it)
>> is frozen.
>>
>
> It is already frozen and in fact the ISO PDTS balloting closes in 8 days.
> Based on early unofficial feedback, ballot resolution will mostly be
> limited to typo-level changes.
>
> See http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2013/n3803.pdf
>
> That's the bad news. The good news is that the committee's plan is that
> ISO/IEC PDTS 18822 AKA File System Technical Specification will be the
> first of a series of filesystem related Technical Specifications, and the
> committee's Filesystem Study Group will be actively soliciting proposals
> for new filesystem related components. Your proposal could wind up hitting
> the SG just when it is actively looking for new components for the next TS.
>
> More on this later. Thanks,


Just curious, how is this going? And was the proposal by Alexander ever submitted to the committee?

It sounds really interesting and useful.