[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #5055: Quickbook (Trunk) Windows Compile Errors

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #5055: Quickbook (Trunk) Windows Compile Errors
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-10 07:22:43

#5055: Quickbook (Trunk) Windows Compile Errors
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 Reporter:  raptorfactor@…                 |       Owner:  djowel    
     Type:  Patches                        |      Status:  new       
Milestone:  To Be Determined               |   Component:  quickbook 
  Version:  Boost Development Trunk        |    Severity:  Regression
 Keywords:  quickbook filesystem           |  
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 Under Windows, the default character type for file paths is wchar_t. The
 Quickbook code assumes that it's char, and as such, compile errors are
 caused by the use of boost::filesystem::path::native. Quickbook should
 instead be using boost::filesystem::path::string, which is the same as
 'native', in that it still returns a native path, it just always returns
 it as a narrow string.

 Technically this is a bandaid fix, and Quickbook should be updated to
 support wide paths so they can be used under Windows (as it's the only way
 to support certain locales correctly), but that's a totally different
 issue.

 At least with this patch it should now compile.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/5055>
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