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Synopsis

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

          class Alloc = std::allocator<CharT>>
(1)(filesystem TS)

    std::basic_string<CharT, Traits, Alloc>

    generic_string(const Alloc &a = Alloc()) const;

std::string generic_string() const;

std::wstring generic_wstring() const;

std::string generic_u8string() const;
(2)(filesystem TS)

    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
–
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

(none)

See also

string
wstring returns the path in native pathname format converted to a string
u8string (public member function)
u16string
u32string