@@ -51,12 +51,26 @@ class path : public std::filesystem::path
5151 // Disallow std::string conversion method to avoid locale-dependent encoding on windows.
5252 std::string string () const = delete;
5353
54+ std::string u8string () const
55+ {
56+ const auto & utf8_str{std::filesystem::path::u8string ()};
57+ // utf8_str might either be std::string (C++17) or std::u8string
58+ // (C++20). Convert both to std::string. This method can be removed
59+ // after switching to C++20.
60+ return std::string{utf8_str.begin (), utf8_str.end ()};
61+ }
62+
5463 // Required for path overloads in <fstream>.
5564 // See https://gcc.gnu.org/git/?p=gcc.git;a=commit;h=96e0367ead5d8dcac3bec2865582e76e2fbab190
5665 path& make_preferred () { std::filesystem::path::make_preferred (); return *this ; }
5766 path filename () const { return std::filesystem::path::filename (); }
5867};
5968
69+ static inline path u8path (const std::string& utf8_str)
70+ {
71+ return std::filesystem::u8path (utf8_str);
72+ }
73+
6074// Disallow implicit std::string conversion for absolute to avoid
6175// locale-dependent encoding on windows.
6276static inline path absolute (const path& p)
@@ -116,8 +130,8 @@ static inline std::string PathToString(const path& path)
116130 // use here, because these methods encode the path using C++'s narrow
117131 // multibyte encoding, which on Windows corresponds to the current "code
118132 // page", which is unpredictable and typically not able to represent all
119- // valid paths. So std::filesystem ::path::u8string() and
120- // std::filesystem ::u8path() functions are used instead on Windows. On
133+ // valid paths. So fs ::path::u8string() and
134+ // fs ::u8path() functions are used instead on Windows. On
121135 // POSIX, u8string/u8path functions are not safe to use because paths are
122136 // not always valid UTF-8, so plain string methods which do not transform
123137 // the path there are used.
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