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### 2640. [filesys.ts] [PDTS] `class directory_entry` should retain `operator const path&()` from V2

Section: 12 [filesys.ts::class.directory_entry] Status: TS Submitter: P.J. Plauger Opened: 2014-01-30 Last modified: 2017-07-30

Priority: Not Prioritized

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Discussion:

Addresses: filesys.ts

`class directory_entry` should retain `operator const path&()` from V2.

[2014-05-19 Beman Dawes supplied proposed wording.]

[2014-06-02 Beman Dawes provides rationale:]

> This conversion operator was removed when `status()` and `symlink_status()` were added during the transition from V2 to V3 as it seemed a bit unusual to have a conversion operator for one of the several values held. Users complained as they had found the automatic conversion convenient in the most common `directory_entry` use case.

[17 Jun 2014 Rapperswil LWG discusses in depth, accepts proposed wording.]

Proposed resolution:

Change 12 Class directory_entry [class.directory_entry]:

>     // observers
>     const path&  path() const noexcept;
>     operator const path&() const noexcept;
>     file_status  status() const;
>     file_status  status(error_code& ec) const noexcept;
>     file_status  symlink_status() const;
>     file_status  symlink_status(error_code& ec) const noexcept;

Change 12.3 directory_entry observers [directory_entry.obs]:

>     const path& path() const noexcept;
>     operator const path&() const noexcept;

> > Returns: `m_path`