id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 3385 Specifications of bool opeartor==(path, string) is changed. Shuji Yamasaki Beman Dawes "{{{ Before: path(""c:\\file"") == ""c:\\file"" //true path(""c:\\file"") == ""c:/file"" //true Current: path(""c:\\file"") == ""c:\\file"" //false path(""c:\\file"") == ""c:/file"" //true I found the comment in path.hpp: // operator == uses string compare rather than !(lhs < rhs) && !(rhs < lhs) because // the result is the same yet the direct string compare is much more efficient that // lexicographical_compare, and lexicographical_compare used twice at that. Is it intended? }}}" Bugs closed Boost 1.41.0 filesystem Boost 1.40.0 Problem fixed