[Boost-users] [Filesystem]: Is an empty path relative or complete?

From: Michael Partridge (michael.partridge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-19 23:24:28

Hi Boosters,

I'm using the filesystem::complete function and have the following 
situation:

bfs::path my_path("");
bfs::path current = bfs::current_path();
bfs::path p = bfs::complete(my_path, current);

This results in p.string == "".

Now I can see from the code that if my_path.empty() == true then a copy 
of my_path is returned, but I'm not certain of the rationale behind 
this. If I pass in an empty path and ask for it to be turned into a 
complete path then shouldn't I just get the base?

As an additional consideration, if I go:

bfs::path p = system_complete(bfs::path(""));

Shouldn't I get current_path(), rather than an empty path ""?

Cheers,
Michael

ps. sorry if this question has been answered before, I searched the 
archive and couldn't find any discussion.