30 Input/output library [input.output]

30.10 File systems [filesystems]

30.10.8 Class path [fs.class.path]

30.10.8.4 path members [fs.path.member]

30.10.8.4.7 path generic format observers [fs.path.generic.obs]

Generic format observer functions return strings formatted according to the generic pathname format ([fs.path.generic]).

A single slash ('/') character is used as the directory-separator.

[ Example

On an operating system that uses backslash as its preferred-separator,

path("foo\\bar").generic_string()

returns "foo/bar".

— end example

]

template <class EcharT, class traits = char_traits<EcharT>,
          class Allocator = allocator<EcharT>>
  basic_string<EcharT, traits, Allocator>
    generic_string(const Allocator& a = Allocator()) const;

Returns: The pathname in the generic format.

Remarks: All memory allocation, including for the return value, shall be performed by a.

Conversion, if any, is specified by [fs.path.cvt].

std::string generic_string() const;
std::wstring generic_wstring() const;
std::string generic_u8string() const;
std::u16string generic_u16string() const;
std::u32string generic_u32string() const;

Returns: The pathname in the generic format.

Remarks: Conversion, if any, is specified by [fs.path.cvt].

The encoding of the string returned by generic_u8string() is always UTF-8.