 to stop development at that time to 
explore how this idea might be implemented, or to break from the pattern for 
Internationalization used the C++ standard library, I've often thought about 
Peter's suggestion. With the advent of C++0x <code>char16_t</code> and <code>char32_t</code>
character 
types, the <code>basic_path</code> class template approach becomes even more unwieldy, so it 
is time to revisit the problem in light of Peter's suggestion.</p>

<h2><b><a name="Problem">Problem</a></b></h2>

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