Re: [boost] [c++0x] Boost implementations of C++0x standard librarycomponents?

Subject: Re: [boost] [c++0x] Boost implementations of C++0x standard librarycomponents?
From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-05 11:33:40

Beman Dawes wrote:
>> Here is a strawman proposal for how we organize C++0x standard
>> library components we choose to add to Boost:
>>
>> * Such libraries go through the regular formal review process,
>> although it will need to be adjusted a bit since the interface is
>> already known and frozen.
>>
>> * C++0x standard library header naming convention is followed. Thus
>> these will be named <chrono> and <ratio> rather than <chrono.hpp> and
>> <ratio.hpp>.
>>
>> * C++0x standard library namespaces are used. Thus namespace std and
>> std::chrono rather than boost and boost::chrono.

Why do something similar to what we did with the TR1 interfaces and have:

<boost/chrono.hpp>

(rather like boost/stdint.hpp actually)

or

<boost/c++0x/chrono.hpp>

with code in namepsace boost, and then add a thin wrapper <chono> that 
imports code into namespace std::chrono.

>> * Directory structure:
>>
>>      boost-root
>>          boost
>>              c++0x         // <ratio>, <chrono>, and other c++0x std
>> lib headers go here
>>              ...
>>          libs
>>              c++0x
>>                  chrono
>>                       build
>>                       doc
>>                       src    // if needed
>>                       test
>>                  ratio
>>                       build
>>                       doc
>>                       src    // if needed
>>                       test
>>                  ...

Nod.

John.

>> This allows a user to refer to say the ratio header as
>> <boost/c++/ratio>, <c++/ratio>, or just plain <ratio>. The user would
>> have to provide an additional include path of boost-root/boost or
>> boost-root/boost/c++0x for the second and third usages to work.
>>
>> Comments?
>>
>> --Beman
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