Re: [boost] Library names: MPL

From: Victor A. Wagner, Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-24 10:21:48

At Saturday 2002/08/24 05:58, you wrote:
>From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
> >
> > But I'd like to raise the issue with the whole list.  Boost is getting
> > bigger. A primary directory, library, namespace, or header, or other
> > important name needs to be more explicit than MPL.  Acronyms are obscure
> > and make a library less accessible to new users.
>
>MPL? Less accessible to new users because of the acronym? ;-)

Yes...if they can't find it, they aren't going to use it.
You don't seriously believe that people searching for something read _all_ 
the details of everything.

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