Re: Boost.URL: Something Wicked This Way Comes!

From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-10-14 10:46:50

On 10/14/21 4:13 AM, Vinnie Falco wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 5:25 PM Andrey Semashev via Boost
> <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>   { "/", "my", "download", "folder", "" }
>> ...
>>   { "/", "path", "to", "file.txt" }
> 
> These are not really great because then elements are no longer
> homogeneous. That is, "/" is allowed in the front element but not the
> others. So
> 
>     u.segments().insert( u.segments().begin(), "/" );
> 
> is okay, but these are not:
> 
>     u.segments().insert( u.segments().begin(), "home" );
> 
>     u.segments().push_back( "/" );

As I said, you're probably fine omitting the root directory.