No operator+ for std::filesystem::path?

It is possible to append multiple paths in a row using the / operator:

  std::filesystem::path p1{"A"};    auto p2 = p1 / "B" / "C";  

which is rather convenient. However, concat only offers +=:

  std::filesystem::path p1{"A"};    auto p2 = p1 / "B" / "C" + ".d";   // NOT OK  

This is pretty annoying, as I can't easily add extensions to the end of my paths. I have no choice but to write something like

  std::filesystem::path p1{"A"};    auto p2 = p1 / "B" / "C";    p2 += ".d";  

Am I missing something? Is there a reason for this inconsistency?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65917812/no-operator-for-stdfilesystempath January 27, 2021 at 07:03PM