Re: [boost] The art of naming namespaces [was: Re: algorithms namespace]

From: Daryle Walker (darylew_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-29 08:21:04

On 2/25/04 8:16 PM, "Thorsten Ottosen" <nesotto_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> "Phil Richards" <news_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> news:20040225182859.C873D8C016_at_derisoft.derived-software.demon.co.uk...
> [snip]
>> people would understand "io" as an abbreviation with no real potential for
>> confusion.  (And if they are confused, I hate to think what they will think
>> an "iostream" is.)  If the stuff ever made it into the standard, then you'd
>> get "std::io" which would make ex-C programmers happy too.
>> 
>> So, do we move filesystem to boost::io::filesystem?  :-)
> 
> Will the extra 'filesystem' namespace be necessary?

Earlier in this thread, didn't we say that a third namespace level should be
avoided?

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