Re: [filesystem] becoming worse than the standard?

From: Gavin Lambert (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2022-08-15 22:46:29

On 16/08/2022 07:35, Peter Dimov wrote:
> The usual approach is to put
> 
>    boost::filesystem::path::imbue( std::locale( std::locale::classic(),
>      new boost::filesystem::detail::utf8_codecvt_facet ) );
> 
> as the first thing in `main`.

As a library, you cannot assume that the application has done this (nor 
can you do it yourself).  The code has to act correctly regardless.