Index: base/file_path.h |
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--- base/file_path.h (revision 8363) |
+++ base/file_path.h (working copy) |
@@ -189,6 +189,14 @@ |
FilePath Append(const StringType& component) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT; |
FilePath Append(const FilePath& component) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT; |
+ // Although Windows StringType is std::wstring, since the encoding it uses for |
+ // paths is well defined, it can handle ASCII path components as well. |
+ // Mac uses UTF8, and since ASCII is a subset of that, it works there as well. |
+ // On Linux, although it can use any 8-bit encoding for paths, we assume that |
+ // ASCII is a valid subset, regardless of the encoding, since many operating |
+ // system paths will always be ASCII. |
+ FilePath AppendASCII(const std::string& component) const WARN_UNUSED_RESULT; |
+ |
// Returns true if this FilePath contains an absolute path. On Windows, an |
// absolute path begins with either a drive letter specification followed by |
// a separator character, or with two separator characters. On POSIX |