Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #5769: fstream.hpp facilities not usable for paths containing characters outside of the current Windows ("ANSI") code page on GCC (mingw/mingw-w64)

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #5769: fstream.hpp facilities not usable for paths containing characters outside of the current Windows ("ANSI") code page on GCC (mingw/mingw-w64)
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-08-17 17:08:49

#5769: fstream.hpp facilities not usable for paths containing characters outside
of the current Windows ("ANSI") code page on GCC (mingw/mingw-w64)
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  Reporter:  sam@…              |       Owner:  anonymous 
      Type:  Bugs               |      Status:  assigned  
 Milestone:  To Be Determined   |   Component:  filesystem
   Version:  Boost 1.46.1       |    Severity:  Problem   
Resolution:                     |    Keywords:            
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Comment (by sam@…):

 Having looked into this further, it seems stdio_filebuf does not provide
 an open function that takes a FILE* or file descriptor. This makes it
 rather difficult to implement b::f::filebuf::open on top of a
 stdio_filebuf. :(

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/5769#comment:2>
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