Re: [boost] [scope_guard] New revision available + naming consideration

From: Ariel Badichi (abadichi_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-21 18:08:10

Andrey Semashev wrote:
> - The naming of arm/disarm methods of scope guard. They are used to change 
> the activity status of the guard. Personally, I feel fine with them but the 
> commonly used name for disabling the guard is "dismiss" and I just can't 
> figure out its suitable counterpart in English. I wonder if anyone have a 
> proposal about this.

How about "enable" and "disable"? Although I must admit that I never had 
the need to re-enable a scope guard, and that I favor "dismiss" for 
disabling.