pathify 1.0.4

A byte-level, cross-platform path manipulation library for Dart, ported from Rust's std::path.

Changelog

1.0.4

• Added deprecation guidance for implicit PathBuf.toString() usage to encourage explicit use of toStr() or toStringLossy() for binary-safe path handling

1.0.3+4

• All _units mutations routed through _mutateUnits to guarantee cache invalidation

1.0.2

• Refactored to UnixPaths and WindowsPaths constant classes

1.0.1

• Added UnixPathConstants and WindowsPathConstants constant classes

1.0.0+4

• PathBuf is now immutable
• toStr and toStringLossy results are cached on first call

1.0.0+3

• Byte-level path manipulation API (PathBuf)

• Cross-platform support for POSIX and Windows paths

• Automatic platform detection with optional manual override

• Full Windows prefix support:

  • Disk (C:\)
  • UNC (\\server\share)
  • Device namespace (\\.\)
  • Verbatim (\\?\)
  • Verbatim UNC and Verbatim Disk

• Correct handling of UTF-8 (POSIX) and UTF-16 (Windows)

• Safe handling of non-UTF-8 and malformed sequences

• Component-based path parsing and iteration

• Support for emoji and foreign language paths