Re: [boost] [nowide] Library Updates and Boost's broken UTF-8 codecvt facet

Subject: Re: [boost] [nowide] Library Updates and Boost's broken UTF-8 codecvt facet
From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-10-08 10:36:13

On 07/10/2015 16:49, Artyom Beilis wrote:
> Some updated regarding boost.nowide 1. Library moved to github and
> its format is converted to modular boost layout:
> https://github.com/artyom-beilis/nowide2. Fixed unsupported
> std::ios::ate flag by boost::nowide::fstream3. Added some C++11
> interfaces to boost::nowide::fstream4. Added integration
> functionality with boost::filesystem:
> https://github.com/artyom-beilis/nowide/blob/master/include/boost/nowide/integration/filesystem.hpp

Please don't make nowide dependent on Boost filesystem. It adds unneeded 
dependencies and disallows other "path" types (like 
std::experimental::path). Couldn't you template it on a "path" class? 
This will make the utility more general and avoids any unneeded dependency.

Best,

Ion