Hi, Niall. I can add discussion of this to one of our July telecons if that works for you. We are scheduled to meet on July 12th and 26th.

Tom.

> On Jun 18, 2023, at 6:07 AM, Niall Douglas via SG16 <sg16_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Dear SG16,
>
> In the Varna meeting LEWG voted to remove the std::locale overloads from
> P1030 path_view, with SG16 to decide on a better alternative.
>
> The std::locale overloads were added in R4. My memory is that SG16 asked
> for those to be added in order to be compatible with filesystem::path,
> so there is a one-one correspondence such that each maps onto the other
> equivalently, however during the LEWG meeting the relevant minutes for
> SG16 were consulted and no mention of this was found.
>
> I was hoping that this mailing list might be able to give an indication
> of what would be the preferred alternative to std::locale going forth,
> given that filesystem::path uses std::locale and if path_view uses an
> alternative, I would expect filesystem::path would also need to be
> similarly upgraded to match (i.e. remember ABI concerns)?
>
> Regards,
> Niall
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