std::experi...8string,...(3)

💅 std::experimental::filesystem::path::generic_string, generic_wstring, generic_u8string, ... — the C++ Standard Library's cppreference page, bestie edition

okay so this page lives in the C++ Standard Library section of the manual, and it's all about the generic_string fam — the whole squad of them. Same title, all the variants, one big glow-up of a function family. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

std::experimental::filesystem::path::generic_string,generic_wstring,generic_u8string,... — literally that. The whole crew. No notes. 💅

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🎀 Synopsis 🎀

   template< class CharT, class Traits = std::char_traits<CharT>,

            class Alloc = std::allocator<CharT> >                (1)
(filesystem TS)
   std::basic_string<CharT,Traits,Alloc>

      generic_string( const Alloc& a = Alloc() ) const;
   std::string generic_string() const;
   std::wstring generic_wstring() const;
   std::string generic_u8string() const;                          (2)
(filesystem TS)
   std::u16string generic_u16string() const;
   std::u32string generic_u32string() const;

so basically, these return the internal pathname in generic pathname format, converted to a specific string type. Conversion, if there even is one, is specified in todo — yes bestie, the page literally says "todo", we don't make the rules 😭. And the / character is what's used as the directory separator. iconic behavior honestly.

• (1) — all memory allocations are performed by a.
• (2) — the encoding in the case of u8string() is always UTF-8. no cap.

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🦋 Parameters 🦋

• a — the allocator to construct the string with. that's it, that's the whole job 🫶
• and also: CharT must be one of the encoded character types (char, wchar_t, char16_t and char32_t). no random types allowed, vibe check failed if you try 💀

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⭐ Return value ⭐

The internal pathname in generic pathname format, converted to the specified string type.

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💀 Exceptions 💀

May throw implementation-defined exceptions. so like... unspecified chaos. stay safe out there 🙈

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👑 See also 👑

• string
• wstring — returns the path in native pathname format converted to a string
• u8string — (public member function)
• u16string
• u32string

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🌈 Categories

• Noindexed pages
• Uses of dcl rev begin with nonempty note

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and that's the whole page, bestie, we ate and left zero crumbs 🍓✨ source is http://cppreference.com, dated 2024.06.10, and this absolute icon of a page is filed under std::experi...8string,...(3) — mwah, periodt 💖🧚‍♀️