Carlo Wood <carlo@alinoe.com> writes:
I'm among them. However, I have a hard time articulating what I found difficult about the library, other than that the path portability checks seemed to get in my way. If there's something deeper going on, I'd like to hear your opinion of what it is.
I am afraid that I too have a hard time to point out any clear error that is so clear that everyone will immdeately agree that it is an error.
The goal isn't to get everyone to agree; it's to explain what you're trying to fix. As you mentioned in the text I snipped, this is a simple request for examples of things that don't work.
This thing is hard to grasp, and THAT is the reason that I think that it will be extra-ordinairy hard to convince enough people on this list that a change is not only needed, but that a particular change will be the one that is needed. If not impossible.
I therefore, unfortunately, will have to stick to my opinion that it is too unlikely that this discussion is going to lead to an actual change of boost::filesystem, to put more time into it.
No offense intended, but I find this extremist attitude hard to grasp. Writing a rationale should hardly take you a quarter of the energy you've already invested in writing up proposals, and is all that's required for the group to even get started understanding what you're proposing. A pity. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com