Re: [Boost-users] [filesystem] path iterator appends / instead of \ on windows

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Michael Powell wrote:

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:55 AM, Sachin Garg wrote:

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In boost v1.47, filesystem\v3\src\path.cpp, inside function m_path_iterator_increment, on line 654,

It should be: it.m_element.m_pathname = preferred_separator;

Instead of it.m_element.m_pathname = separator;

Reason: In below sample code

boost::filesystem::path new_path; for (fs::path::iterator i=path.begin();i!=path.end();i++) new_path/=(*i);

On windows when iterating a path using above code, line 654 incorrectly appends / instead of \ after drive letter.

I can't speak for the Boost implementation along these lines, however, I am fairly certain that most (*recent* APIs anyway, such as .NET File, Directory, etc), will support either '/' or '\' with consistent results.

Yes, paths with either 'one' of forward slashes or back slashes work, but both Win32 and C API fail with the 'mixed' slash paths that this results in, eg D:/path\file SG