on Sat Jan 26 2013, Neil Groves <neil-AT-grovescomputing.com> wrote:
I suspect that you probably want to determine the common effective prefix of the paths after canonicalisation.
No, the paths are known to be already canonicalized (with a 'z' ;->)
I'll try and remember to use 'z'!
I was just teasing! That's an American vs. English English thing ;^).
B. for such an operation requiring the input paths to be canonical beforehand might in fact be the most appropriate interface.
I can see an argument for that. I wasn't attempting to suggest that there was one obvious correct idiom. I was really aiming to link to the previous discussion and the supplied implementation for a solution. I think on most observations I perceive similar improvements to be possible. My only real disagreement is with labelling Boost.Filesystem as frustrating.
I didn't. I said I have frustrations with one particular component thereof.
For the most part it helps me avoid writing tedious code. I like the idea of improving the iteration scheme and making it more like a container.
Ah, but a container of *what*? That's the question. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing Software Development Training http://www.boostpro.com Clang/LLVM/EDG Compilers C++ Boost