Re: [boost] min/max

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-07-05 16:56:20

Ed Brey wrote:

 >From: "Mark Rodgers" <mark.rodgers_at_[hidden]>
 >>
 >> OK then, what do you think of a boost/algorithm.hpp that looks 
something
 >> like this:
 >...
 >
 >Your implementation goes as far as is possible, and I think will work 
quite
 >nicely.  I have two remaining, small suggestions:
 >
 >1. Name it boost/detail/algorithm.hpp, since this is not a library we
 >expose
 >directly to the end user.  I see the purpose of this file as making it 
easy
 >to write boost code that relies on functions and members with the name 
min
 >and max, whereas providing a workarounds to API header file snafus for
 >their
 >own sake is beyond the scope of boost.  Of course, if an end user wants 
to
 >make use of the file for a non-boost-related reason, that is fine, but 
then
 >he is "digging into the details".
 >
 >Of course, by this logic, shouldn't config.hpp be under detail, also?

config.hpp pre-dated detail, so we never talked about where it should go.

Yes, it does seem like detail is where it should go. Hum...

--Beman