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

• Key: STDCXX-930
• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Assignee: Martin Sebor
• Reporter: Martin Sebor
• Component/s: 27. Input/Output
• Affects Version/s: 4.2.1
• Fix Version/s: 4.3.0

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.)