std::experimental::filesystem::path:: generic_string,generic_wstring,generic_u8string,...

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template < class CharT, class Traits = std:: char_traits < CharT > ,

class Alloc = std:: allocator < CharT > >
std:: basic_string < CharT,Traits,Alloc >

generic_string ( const Alloc & a = Alloc ( ) ) const ;
(1) (filesystem TS)
(2) (filesystem TS)
std:: string generic_string ( ) const ;
std:: wstring generic_wstring ( ) const ;
std:: string generic_u8string ( ) const ;
std:: u16string generic_u16string ( ) const ;
std:: u32string generic_u32string ( ) const ;

Returns the internal pathname in generic pathname format, converted to specific string type. Conversion, if any, is specified in todo . The / character is used as the directory separator.

1) All memory allocations are performed by a .
2) The encoding in the case of u8string() is always UTF-8.

Parameters

a - allocator to construct the string with
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CharT must be one of the encoded character types ( char , wchar_t , char16_t and char32_t )

Return value

The internal pathname in generic pathname format, converted to specified string type.

Exceptions

May throw implementation-defined exceptions.

See also

returns the path in native pathname format converted to a string
(public member function)