Add experimental path::generic() function returning generic formatted…

… (i.e. separators are forward slashes). Motivation: may be simpler than having a family of generic_*string functions.
emmett-b · Aug 8, 2015 · 6e92c9a · 6e92c9a
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diff --git a/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp b/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp
@@ -441,6 +441,21 @@ namespace filesystem
 
     //  -----  generic format observers  -----
 
+    //  Experimental generic function returning generic formatted path (i.e. separators
+    //  are forward slashes). Motivation: simpler than a family of generic_*string
+    //  functions.
+    path generic() const
+    {
+#   ifdef BOOST_WINDOWS_API
+      path tmp;
+      std::replace_copy(m_pathname.begin(), m_pathname.end(),
+        std::back_inserter(tmp.m_pathname), L'\\', L'/');
+      return tmp;
+#   else
+      return path(*this);
+#   endif
+    }
+
     template <class String>
     String generic_string() const;
 

diff --git a/test/path_unit_test.cpp b/test/path_unit_test.cpp
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ namespace
     CHECK(p.string() == "abc\\def/ghi");
     CHECK(p.wstring() == L"abc\\def/ghi");
 
+    CHECK(p.generic().string() == "abc/def/ghi");
     CHECK(p.generic_string() == "abc/def/ghi");
     CHECK(p.generic_wstring() == L"abc/def/ghi");
 
@@ -450,6 +451,7 @@ namespace
     CHECK(p.string() == "abc\\def/ghi");
     CHECK(p.wstring() == L"abc\\def/ghi");
 
+    CHECK(p.generic().string() == "abc\\def/ghi");
     CHECK(p.generic_string() == "abc\\def/ghi");
     CHECK(p.generic_wstring() == L"abc\\def/ghi");