[boost] Re: boost.h

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-09-22 13:09:44

Ed Brey wrote:

>With the advent of config.hpp, does boost.h (included from
directory.h)
>have a place any more?  It seems that its functionality should be
rolled
>into config.hpp.

Yes.  I will try to update config.hpp soon.

>Also, how did directory.h manage to avoid getting its extension
>converted to .hpp?  Finally, one other issue with dir_it: it is the
only
>library for which the library name != the header file name.  This is
not
>necessarily bad, but there should be a good reason for deviating
from
>the de facto convention.

It is the way it is for historical (or as they say here in rural
Virginia, hysterical) reasons.  Perhaps Dietmar can do an update when
he gets a chance.

--Beman