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[Bug libstdc++/78870] Support std::filesystem on Windows
- From: "redi at gcc dot gnu.org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 16:14:03 +0000
- Subject: [Bug libstdc++/78870] Support std::filesystem on Windows
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- References: <bug-78870-4@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=78870
--- Comment #5 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Jan Niklas Hasse from comment #4)
> Do you mean the part about legal paperwork in
> https://gcc.gnu.org/contribute.html ?
Yes.
> And can I look at how boost::filesystem does this?
You can't copy any code, that would be a copyright violation. It's OK to see
which Windows API functions Boost uses for a particular filesystem operation,
but if you're not sure what is covered by copyright law then it's safer not to
use another project at all.
I was hoping that somebody who actually knows the Windows API would contribute
the code, so they already know what the appropriate functions are.