Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #6813: canonical function converts root-directory separator from '\' to '/' on Windows

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #6813: canonical function converts root-directory separator from '\' to '/' on Windows
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-04-20 22:49:30

#6813: canonical function converts root-directory separator from '\' to '/' on
Windows
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  Reporter:  Alex Goldberg <alex.goldberg@…>          |       Owner:  bemandawes
      Type:  Bugs                                     |      Status:  new       
 Milestone:  To Be Determined                         |   Component:  filesystem
   Version:  Boost 1.49.0                             |    Severity:  Problem   
Resolution:                                           |    Keywords:  canonical 
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Comment (by Aaron Barany <akb825@…>):

 This is also a general problem if you try to iterate over a path and
 reconstruct it with operator/. For example, if you have the following
 code:
 {{{#!c++
 boost::filesystem::path path = "C:\\Foo\\Bar\\Baz";
 boost::filesystem::path finalPath;
 for (boost::filesystem::path::iterator iter = path.begin(); iter !=
 path.end(); ++iter)
    finalPath /= *iter;
 }}}
 The result for finalPath is going to be "C:/Foo\Bar\Baz". One way to solve
 this problem with keeping the iterator behavior the same is to always
 convert path separators to the preferred separator when appending paths.

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