on Thu May 29 2008, Beman Dawes <bdawes-AT-acm.org> wrote:
std::string leaf( ): should be basename(). back(), tail() and p.split()[1].string() are viable alternatives
One problem with basename is that it is already used by one of the convenience functions.
Yes, but seriously, you can't keep using basename to signify something different about files than it already does in python,perl,ruby,posix sh,and probably a bunch of other things. That's just wrong in principle, no matter how misleading you find the name. It's a term of art, now, like RAII.
Another is that I find it misleading.
I would ask why, but I really think that's beside the point. It's like saying you want to rename the hippocampus because it makes you think of universities for large, dangerous, waterborne mammals. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com