On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 11:40:03AM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Georg" == Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Georg, cygwin runs on windows and it understands both posix and > >> win-style paths. So, what is external and what is internal? In the > >> win32 version C:/xxx is the internal representation, in the *nix > >> version /c/xxx is the internal representation. Why one of the two > >> cannot be chosen as internal representation in cygwin (which > >> bridges both worlds) ? > > Georg> I already wrote that either could be used as internal > Georg> representation. My point is that this decision should be made > Georg> at compile time, and it should not be configurable at runtime > Georg> which representation is chosen. > > Agreed. And it seems c:/xxx is the right one.
Not in cygwin. Boost dictates posix. -- Enrico
