Re: [boost] filesystem 1.61.0 and cygwin: Windows assumed, posix expected

Subject: Re: [boost] filesystem 1.61.0 and cygwin: Windows assumed, posix expected
From: Frédéric Bron (frederic.bron_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-08-12 16:23:16

> On cygwin, the following program
>
>   auto p = boost::filesystem::path{"foo"};
>   p /= "bar";
>   std::cout << p.string() << '\n';
>
> outputs:
> foo\bar
>
> but cygwin is a posix system and I expect:
> foo/bar
>
> I read in the doc that "User-defined BOOST_POSIX_API and
> BOOST_WINDOWS_API macros are no longer supported."

I guess system/api_config.hpp should be:

-# if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) // Windows default,
including MinGW and Cygwin
+# if defined(_WIN32) // Windows default, including MinGW
#   define BOOST_WINDOWS_API
# else
#   define BOOST_POSIX_API
# endif

Frédéric