Re: [boost] namespace "details"

From: Mark Rodgers (mark.rodgers_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-09-06 02:43:43

> Problem with that is that you end up reserving the names lambda, etc. 
> in boost.
> What about boost::detail::lambda, etc.?
> Reserving a namespace name in detail is much less impactful (is that 
> a word?)

Umm, I'm not quite sure why.  Both reserve the exactly one name in 
one of the two namespaces we have currently use - boost and 
boost::detail.  I would have said both were equally "impactful".

Given there was also a suggestion that boost::random (I think) should 
be used as a "protected" namespace (containing stuff used by people 
extending the library, but not general users), it seems appropriate 
for each library to reserve boost::<library-name>, and then for 
truly private stuff to go in boost::<library-name>::detail.

Mark