P2319 R4 Prevent path presentation problems

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P2319R0 Prevent path presentation problems (Victor Zverovich)

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P2319R1 Prevent path presentation problems (Victor Zverovich)

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P2319R2 Prevent path presentation problems (Victor Zverovich)

[tahonermann]

SG16 reviewed P2319R0 during its 2024-09-11 meeting. The following polls were taken:

• Poll 1: P2319R0: The string() member function of std::filesystem::path should be deprecated.
  • Attendees: 9

    SF	F	N	A	SA
    2	4	1	0	0

  • Consensus in favor.
• Poll 2: P2319R0: The proposed system_string() member function should be added to std::filesystem::path.
  • Attendees: 9

    SF	F	N	A	SA
    0	2	4	1	0

  • No consensus.

[tahonermann]

SG16 reviewed P2319R1 during its 2024-09-25 meeting. The following polls were taken:

• Poll 1: P2319R2: Forward to LEWG.
  • Attendees: 8

    SF	F	N	A	SA
    2	6	0	0	0

  • Strong consensus in favor.

The general consensus of the group is that portable code should be written to use std::format() to format paths or to use the native() member function and convert appropriately to the desired encoding.

SG16 has completed its review; I'm removing the SG16 label. This paper is ready for LEWG review.