Re: [boost] Generic Date-Time directory names?

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-14 08:50:43

From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
> I see that Jeff Garland has started to add the Generic Date-Time Library
to
> CVS.  That good!
>
> The library is being added in sub-directories boost/gdtl and libs/gdtl.
>
> I'd much prefer the sub-directories have more explicit names.  For
example,
> boost/datetime and libs/datetime.
>
> Other than "io" and "crc", which are very well recognized abbreviations,
> all our other libraries are going into sub-directories with explicit
names.
>
> Thus I'd like to see the Generic Date-Time sub-directory name changed.
>
> What do others think?

I tend to agree. Both the "generic" prefix and the "library" suffix are
pretty redundant.