id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 4611 path::operator / does not remove redundant separators neo_in_matrix@… Beman Dawes "The following code produces path3 as \abc\\def\, which is not expected. {{{ filesystem::path path1(""\\abc\\""); filesystem::path path2(""\\def\\""); filesystem::path path3 = path1 / path2; }}} Though the OS level API can handle duplicate path seps correctly, but it is not considered good practice to return path strings like this. " Bugs closed To Be Determined filesystem Boost 1.44.0 Optimization wontfix