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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/butl/path b/butl/path
index 472e421..193eae4 100644
--- a/butl/path
+++ b/butl/path
@@ -167,6 +167,12 @@ namespace butl
static void
current (string_type const&);
+ // Return the user home directory. Throw std::system_error to report the
+ // underlying OS errors.
+ //
+ static string_type
+ home ();
+
// Return the temporary directory. Throw std::system_error to report the
// underlying OS errors.
//
@@ -273,9 +279,9 @@ namespace butl
//
basic_path () {};
- // Constructors that take a path string as an argument throw
- // invalid_basic_path if the string is not a valid path (e.g. uses
- // unsupported notation on Windows).
+ // Constructors that initialize a path from a string argument throw the
+ // invalid_path exception if the string is not a valid path (e.g., uses
+ // unsupported path notations on Windows).
//
explicit
basic_path (C const* s): base_type (s) {init (this->path_);}
@@ -292,11 +298,11 @@ namespace butl
basic_path (const string_type& s, size_type p, size_type n)
: base_type (string_type (s, p, n)) {init (this->path_);}
- // Create a path using the exact string representation. If
- // the string is not a valid path or if it would require a
- // modification, then empty path is created instead and the
- // passed string rvalue-reference is left untouched. See
- // also string() && below.
+ // Create a path using the exact string representation. If the string is
+ // not a valid path or if it would require a modification, then empty path
+ // is created instead and the passed string rvalue-reference is left
+ // untouched. Note that no exception is thrown if the path is invalid. See
+ // also string()&& below.
//
enum exact_type {exact};
basic_path (string_type&& s, exact_type)
@@ -328,6 +334,12 @@ namespace butl
static void
current (basic_path const&);
+ // Return the user home directory. Throw std::system_error to report the
+ // underlying OS errors.
+ //
+ static dir_type
+ home () {return dir_type (traits::home ());}
+
// Return the temporary directory. Throw std::system_error to report the
// underlying OS errors.
//
@@ -617,10 +629,10 @@ namespace butl
template <class P, class C1, class K1>
friend P butl::path_cast (basic_path<C1, K1>&&);
- // If exact is true, return whether the initialization was
- // successful, that is, the passed string is a valid path
- // and no modifications were necessary. Throw invalid_basic_path
- // if the string is not a valid path (e.g. uses unsupported notation on
+ // If exact is true, return whether the initialization was successful,
+ // that is, the passed string is a valid path and no modifications were
+ // necessary. Otherwise (extact is false), throw invalid_path if the
+ // string is not a valid path (e.g., uses an unsupported path notation on
// Windows).
//
bool