Beman Dawes wrote: > At 08:22 AM 4/9/2003, Christian Engström wrote: > > >In my application I need to handle paths that contain wildcards, > such as >for example "foo/chapter?.txt" or "bar/*/index.html". > > I think that your need is both valid and commonplace, but that the > way to handle it isn't necessarily to modify the filesystem library. > > Rather, think about using a filter iterator. See > www.boost.org/libs/utility/filter_iterator.htm > > There are a couple of caveats: (1) I haven't actually tried it, so > don't > know if it is a practical solution, and (2) Dave, Jeremy, and Thomas > are working on a major update to iterator adaptors so details may > change once they are done.
What good is a filter iterator adaptor supposed to accomplish in this situation ? _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
