Re: [boost] [filesystem] proposal: treat reparse files as regular files

Subject: Re: [boost] [filesystem] proposal: treat reparse files as regular files
From: Gavin Lambert (gavinl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-08-05 20:00:47

On 6/08/2015 05:03, Niall Douglas wrote:
>>> Given the Filesystem TS has shipped, I'd say that moment has passed.
>>
>> Too late to be in the standard (yet), maybe.  But one of the roles of
>> Boost is to be better than the standard, so it can be the *next*
>> standard. :)
>
> If you can persuade Beman I'll follow it. AFIO is intended as a set
> of extensions to Filesystem, not as a replacement and as such is
> wholly dependent on Filesystem. In other words, whatever Filesystem
> does I'll match.

That was the idea.  I guess we'll have to wait and see what he says next 
week.