[boost] Re: Naming conventions

From: Valentin Bonnard (Bonnard.V_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-06-02 09:06:14

Sean A Corfield wrote:

> [- my personnal convention is UpperCase
>   for namespace names]
> 
> Did we determine a namespace hierarchy & policy? (Sorry, I should probably
> check the web site!)

It doesn't say much about namespaces.

Do we introduce a namespace for every package (or significant 
package ?), that is namespace Boost::NumericalType, namespace 
Boost::Graph, to name a few thing I am working on.

Or something flat Boost with every (non class member) name 
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Sean A Corfield wrote:

> [- my personnal convention is UpperCase
>   for namespace names]
> 
> Did we determine a namespace hierarchy & policy? (Sorry, I should probably
> check the web site!)

It doesn't say much about namespaces.

Do we introduce a namespace for every package (or significant 
package ?), that is namespace Boost::NumericalType, namespace 
Boost::Graph, to name a few thing I am working on.

Or something flat Boost with every (non class member) name 
in it.

For my own code, I use ValentinBonnard::LibraryName. If it's 
to small to be called a 'library', then I simply use 
ValentinBonnard.

Do we guaranty that Boost (or whatever it is) is a namespace, 
and allow people to use it:

namespace Boost {}

or do we allow us to make it an alias later ? Or an alias 
now ?

I know these issues can be boring or give rise to 
religious war but:

- I am confident enough in people here not to begin 
  a holly war

- I think these issues should be addressed as early 
  as possible

- after some time, there might simply be too much 
  code out there to make any changes

-- 
Valentin Bonnard
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