RE: [boost] New design proposal for boost::filesystem

And the following will fail (assertion?): std::cout << p4.string() // Not allowed because p4 is native (complete).

Why should this fail ? It seems an unnecessary restriction Keith -----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Carlo Wood Sent: 20 August 2004 20:01 To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: [boost] New design proposal for boost::filesystem I propose the following design. The aim of boost::filesystem should be to support the following coding idiom: [snip]