LWG4512: The `system_encoded_string()` and `generic_system_encoded_string()` member functions of `std::filesystem::path` are misnamed
Open
c++26
filesystem
libc++
lwg-issue
- Dominant language
- LLVM
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Description
**Link:** https://wg21.link/LWG4512
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reading the linked LWG4512 issue and locating the std::filesystem::path declarations and related tests in the repository. Determine the intended naming change from the standard-library issue, then update the affected API and verify that the filesystem path tests cover the corrected names.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100