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diff --git a/base/file_path.h b/base/file_path.h index d82f8f4..053b815b 100644 --- a/base/file_path.h +++ b/base/file_path.h @@ -189,6 +189,14 @@ class FilePath { 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 |