https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71415
--- Comment #3 from Martin Ejdestig <marejde at gmail dot com> --- > The semantics of exists(const path&, error_code&) are precisely specified, > and > I think this behaviour is correct according to the specification. This > is also > consistent with Boost.Filesystem. Oh, OK. It seems odd to me that an error is signaled for something that should be considered "normal operations" though. > I'll discuss with the C++ committee whether this behaviour is really > desirable, > but it seems to be what the spec requires, and not a bug in GCC. OK, thanks. Is there some way for me to track the discussion? The isocpp.org Google group? Or is there e.g. some other mailing list where std::filesystem is discussed? I am just curious. :)