Re: [boost] boost-ification

From: David Abrahams (abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-10-29 15:15:51

From: "Beman Dawes" <beman_at_[hidden]>

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>  >I'm soliciting opinions on this as I boost-ify py_cpp. I've been using a
>  >naming convention inconsistent with most of boost, wherein type names
are
>  >InMixedCase and everything else is all_lower_case.  Should I change all
> of
>  >my type names so they are all_lower_case? Nobody mentioned that during
> the
>  >review period.
>
> In general, I think boost should stick to the usual Standard Library
> conventions.
>
> There might be an exception, though, for names closely tied to another
> language.  Those names might follow the usage for the other language.
>
> So for the current case (Python), are any of the names so closely tied to
> Python that they should follow some Python convention?

Not really. The Python/C API puts type /and/ function names InMixedCase, but
I can't really use that as an excuse. Oh, well, time for some "pointless"
code massage...

rewriting-working-systems-is-my-favorite-part-ly y'rs,
dave