From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-lj1-x236.google.com (mail-lj1-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::236]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7AE5B3898004 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2020 21:18:38 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 7AE5B3898004 Received: by mail-lj1-x236.google.com with SMTP id p12so3921994ljc.9 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:18:38 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:content-transfer-encoding:from:mime-version :subject:date:message-id:references:cc:in-reply-to:to; bh=1vkhI858Dr0LdhrgiDAaw08gfdEXb2+gMlpqwsmEttM=; b=YSp1h7O4BPUoSB6jp31iSxDyljBjz2S60aUpAwJ5n6IQ88CJ8C2O/n2GP4+ekPL+lH PSxaBlukxQtWwLc9BqlrPz/wgZGVEtXq7nB2NwC3o8Akp6D0D95VUJeTdDPtDvU1w7Nn ugYPr99Wf6dBatdAf6+suYU9jpLzNUqeXYxRuZGHTyTrGKKVRiv6tPWW1WaLjEfYmP9A HwPUb/2Ozjso9nNciqEVMW/bwrCpC7ZJ5UeIsi0dDQkoHfeNSY34NI1//dQBVnedexiR an2xI8xGfXpToZOZeptV3bODPrqXt8Ag5vIK2/JL7NPmnk8mUTYMC8udsm1gF8vl1679 G0FQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533VySXYgBrHwE+PYQRSNLNdU9PRqNwS2lG84eGDYdB9q7cw6htd BgEKMlVBrMyKvXZD8YdjGzn63SIqwXA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzI/tc/qqr5oN0jGqG6ljbPx3XgGB4iDCJRUgHW6kwJ+oPHGMs2+dxDBi6WVx3GvZmcWJJ/tA== X-Received: by 2002:a05:651c:29c:: with SMTP id b28mr4922773ljo.368.1605734316978; Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:18:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.86.164] (87-249-176-245.ljusnet.se. [87.249.176.245]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id p1sm3574122ljn.72.2020.11.18.13.18.33 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:18:33 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Kristian Ivarsson Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: g++ and c++17 filesystem Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 22:18:32 +0100 Message-Id: References: <861bc601-876b-e16d-d4f7-0bb543d61d8e@cs.umass.edu> Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com, =?utf-8?Q?Ren=C3=A9_Berber?= In-Reply-To: <861bc601-876b-e16d-d4f7-0bb543d61d8e@cs.umass.edu> To: moss@cs.umass.edu X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (18A8395) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 21:18:39 -0000 > =EF=BB=BFI would agree that if you want an executable that acts and feels m= ore like a Windows native application, then mingw is probably what you want.= Cygwin is if you want something that acts and feels more like a Posix thin= g ... which means it will be oriented to Posix style paths. To be able to use mingw all the code have to be ported to use Windows native= mechanisms and then we might just use MSVC instead We don=E2=80=99t want (either) Windows-style-paths or Posix-style-paths, we w= ant A path and expect it to work equally regardless of what platform is used= in regards to std::filesystem As far as I see, very few applications do form their own - and/or have hard-= coded absolute paths and instead they are usually input data (through UI, co= nfiguration, OS, environment or such) > EM