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Re: Windows/MinGW extension: opening std::fstream with a wstring/wchar_t*
- From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- To: Paolo Carlini <paolo dot carlini at oracle dot com>
- Cc: vanboxem dot ruben at gmail dot com, libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org, ktietz at redhat dot com, dave dot korn dot cygwin at gmail dot com, cgf at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:27:21 +0100
- Subject: Re: Windows/MinGW extension: opening std::fstream with a wstring/wchar_t*
- References: <BANLkTindNmsKgyhWyr7M4x9UJJrY7i4rPg@mail.gmail.com> <4E08E5C5.9060302@oracle.com>
On 27 June 2011 21:19, Paolo Carlini wrote:
> Hi,
>
> to be really honest, I'm not sure I like the idea of adding all this code
> only to enable such an extension benefiting only Windows/MinGW. By the way,
> submitter himself noticed that subclassing is another viable option.
After reading the issue I find the rationale for closing 454 as NAD to
be quite convincing, a TR2 filesystem library would be a better
solution than adding constructors which are only present on some
platforms.
> At minimum, let's look forward some feedback from the maintainers of the
> Cygwin / MinGW ports...
I suppose the MinGW port could always add the code, so it doesn't need
to be in upstream GCC.