On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:18, Archie14
If I call mypath.replace_extension("txt") it will fail because there is no dot character yet. To proceed further I have to add "." using direct string manipulation, that kind of break the logic of using filesystem::path.
That's odd. Usually a file named "test" is considered to have a stem of "test" and an extension of "". (Note that "test.txt" has an extension of ".txt", but replace_extension adds the dot if the extension doesn't start with one.)
Question: how to construct full path using directory, filename and extension strings using only filesystem::path methods?
I'd suggest filing a feature request for an "add_extension" mention. You make a good point that there should be some way other than operator+ to get "pack.tar.gz" from "pack.tar" and "gz". ~ Scott