On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Yakov Galka <ybungalobill@gmail.com> wrote:
Personally I think that boost::filesystem::paths are a sad joke, it's a pity they're heading to the standard. Although the OS-part is definitely good, the way path class is design isn't suitable for paths outside the unix world.
Could you explain that a bit further? Since class path is used all the time for paths outside the Unix world, I'm curious to know what your concerns are.
Even if you fix the Unicode problems,
What Unicode problems are you running into? Although there are some locale related tickets outstanding, I'm not aware of any Unicode issues.
you still cannot use long paths on windows (longer than MAX_PATH), although they are supported by the OS.
There is one ticket outstanding, http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/5448, that is somewhat related to PAX_PATH limitations. The objective is to support any path that is acceptable to the operating system, and that includes better support for long paths.
Moreover, judging by the last fixes to the library, it looks like Beman wants to shift the burden of this on the user of the library, instead of implementing something that works transparently.
Which fixes are bothering you:-? --Beman