[boost] [filesystem] possible bug in exists(path const &)

29 Sep 2004

      Beman,

I notice that the Windows implementation of exists() contains the line:

      if(::GetFileAttributesA( ph.string().c_str() ) == 0xFFFFFFFF)

This contrasts with

      DWORD attributes = ::GetFileAttributesA(
          ph.native_directory_string().c_str() );

in is_directory(). I wonder if there are any implications in using 
string() as opposed to native_file_string() here? It does appear that 
in most places you prefer to use the "native_" flavour when invoking 
system functions.

Regards,
Angus

[boost] [filesystem] possible bug in exists(path const &)

Angus Leeming