Geometry Boost List: [ggl] Naming template parameters

Subject: [ggl] Naming template parameters
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz)
Date: 2009-04-28 05:03:23

Barend Gehrels wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> What do you think about stealing template parameters naming from
>> Spirit so they are yet easier to recognize.
>> 
>> We've agreed to use CamelCase, but Spirit proposes a slight 
>> modification: CamelCaseT with T postfix.
>> 
> I thought about it. It sounds not too attractive to me. The changes
> we made until sofar were to comply to the Boost Guidelines. I'm
> slowly getting used to them. These guidelines are not too strict,
> there is some variation among different boost libraries. I think
> Spirit uses such a deviation, indeed to make it clear what is a
> template. I don't know why, the CamelCase is unique and clear enough
> (now that typedefs are or will be in lower case). Spirit also has the
> _t postfix for typedefs, which is also a bit too much for me.

OK. It was just a loose idea. GGL heavily uses templates so I thought it
may be reasonable to make some parts of code yet more visible.

Sticking to our guidelines.

Best regards,
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Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
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