Re: [boost] Re: Boost.Threads draft library submission

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-03-16 20:02:21

At 07:48 PM 3/16/2001, David Abrahams wrote:
 >
 >----- Original Message -----
 >From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
 >>  >> 9) I think the code would be clearer if member data names were
 >>  >decorated
 >>  >> somehow, eg fCount, mCount, _count, etc. :-)
 >>  >
 >>  >Stylistic suggestion, typically not entertained by Boost
 >>  >submissions.  However, I'm interested in this topic and wouldn't mind
 >>  >hearing what others have to say on this, even if it's in private e-
 >>  >mail.
 >>
 >> Yes, it is stylistic so anything reasonable is acceptable.  I've
 >personally
 >> become used to the _count style, and feel most programmers will
 >understand
 >> it right away when they see it.  It fits well with the other naming
 >> conventions we use. But each to his own...
 >
 >...and keeping in mind that names beginning with underscores are reserved 

 >to the implementation in the global namespace (17.4.3.1.2)...

Yes.  My comment applied only to member names, which was the context of the 
original question.

--Beman