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  1. C++ Standard Library
  2. STDCXX-930

[LWG #454] basic_filebuf::open should accept wchar_t names

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    • Bug
    • Status: Open
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • 4.2.1
    • 4.3.0
    • 27. Input/Output
    • None
    • Usability

    Description

      LWG issue 454 proposes to change [filebuf.members] from:

          basic_filebuf<charT,traits>* open(const char* s, ios_base::openmode mode);
      

      Effects: If is_open() != false, returns a null pointer. Otherwise, initializes the filebuf as required. It then opens a file, if possible, whose name is the NTBS s ("as if" by calling std::fopen(s, modstr)).

      to:

          basic_filebuf<charT,traits>* open(const char* s, ios_base::openmode mode);
          basic_filebuf<charT,traits>* open(const wchar_t* ws, ios_base::openmode mode);
      
      

      Effects: If is_open() != false, returns a null pointer. Otherwise, initializes the filebuf as required. It then opens a file, if possible, whose name is the NTBS s ("as if" by calling std::fopen(s, modstr)). For the second signature, the NTBS s is determined from the WCBS ws in an implementation-defined manner.

      (NOTE: For a system that "naturally" represents a filename as a WCBS, the NTBS s in the first signature may instead be mapped to a WCBS; if so, it follows the same mapping rules as the first argument to open.)

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