suggestion: boost should not alter the std namespace...

From: jimh_datagrove_com_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-04-23 13:32:35

Mucking around with the (non)standard namespace should be eliminated. 
This has to cause more portability problems than it can solve.

Boost could instead import functions it wants into its own namespace:

namespace boost
{
#if cstring_not_in_std
 using ::strlen;
#else
 using std::strlen;
#endif
}

I like regex, but it's a bear to integrate. I think in general it is 
frowned on to muck with the std namespace. Now I can see why...

Jim