id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
5152	Inconsistent behavior of path.native() function	lcarreon@…	Beman Dawes	"Hi,

I have built the 32-bit and 64-bit Boost libraries on Windows, Fedora Linux and Solaris 10 x86 using the following options:

	runtime-link=shared
	link=shared

I am noticing some difference in behavior with the path.native() function when I send it to a stream.  To illustrate the problem, I'm attaching my test program test_path.cpp.

Here's the result of test_path.cpp on Windows:

  Current directory path:

    generic_string = ""C:/Devel/projects/compiler_tests/test_path""
    native = ""C:\Devel\projects\compiler_tests\test_path""

  Parent of current directory path:

    generic_string = ""C:/Devel/projects/compiler_tests""
    native = ""C:\Devel\projects\compiler_tests""

Here's the result of test_path.cpp on Fedora Linux:

  Current directory path:

    generic_string = ""/home/Leo/Devel/projects/compiler_tests/test_path""
    native = /home/Leo/Devel/projects/compiler_tests/test_path

  Parent of current directory path:

    generic_string = ""/home/Leo/Devel/projects/compiler_tests""
    native = /home/Leo/Devel/projects/compiler_tests

Here's the result of test_path.cpp on Solaris 10 x86:

  Current directory path:

    generic_string = ""/home/Leo/Devel/projects/compiler_tests/test_path""
    native = /home/Leo/Devel/projects/compiler_tests/test_path

  Parent of current directory path:

    generic_string = ""/home/Leo/Devel/projects/compiler_tests""
    native = /home/Leo/Devel/projects/compiler_tests

Please notice that in the 3 sets of results above, the Windows results show the native path enclosed in double quotes while it isn't on Fedora Linux and Solaris 10 x86.

Was this difference in behavior intentional or is it a bug?

Regards,
Leo
"	Bugs	closed	To Be Determined	filesystem	Boost 1.45.0	Problem	wontfix