[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #6970: Boost Wave incompatible with unicode paths on Windows

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #6970: Boost Wave incompatible with unicode paths on Windows
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-06-07 04:40:16

#6970: Boost Wave incompatible with unicode paths on Windows
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 Reporter:  david@…            |       Owner:  hkaiser    
     Type:  Bugs               |      Status:  new        
Milestone:  To Be Determined   |   Component:  wave       
  Version:  Boost 1.47.0       |    Severity:  Showstopper
 Keywords:                     |  
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 Boost::Wave frequently casts boost::filesystem::path to std::string, which
 transforms all unicode characters to '?'. For example, in cpp_context.hpp
 / init_context(), line 331, but there are many other instances. I suppose
 that the fix is to just use boost::filesystem::path at all times for
 paths, instead of converting to std::string and back, or to explicitly
 convert to utf-8 before converting to string.

 I mark this bug as a showstopper because it makes the Wave library
 unusable for projects that may be deployed on Windows computers in a non-
 English locale, or with non-ASCII usernames or filenames.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6970>
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