Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #1936: Make basic_path more generic?

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #1936: Make basic_path more generic?
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-02 00:01:45

#1936: Make basic_path more generic?
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  Reporter:  bemandawes        |       Owner:  bemandawes    
      Type:  Feature Requests  |      Status:  new           
 Milestone:  Boost 1.36.0      |   Component:  filesystem    
   Version:  Boost 1.35.0      |    Severity:  Not Applicable
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:                
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Comment(by anonymous):

 > * As a further indication that there should be a single path type that
 can handle both wide and narrow types. Peter Dimov suggested that once,
 and I keep turning over in my mind how it could be accomplished. With
 C++0x supplying two new character types, the need becomes more pressing. I
 still don't want to invent a solution that applies only to filesystem
 paths; there is a general need for strings that can cope with multiple
 character types and encodings.


 This is indeed a very big problem and needs to be addressed properly,
 quickly.  It is for this reason that I can't use boost::filesystem and
 have had to revert to using QT's QFile and friends.  Their QString has
 loads of support for encodings and QFile uses QString.  I had hoped C++0x
 would take us a lot closer to better i18n support.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1936#comment:4>
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