RE: [boost] Re: set class

From: Sam Partington (Sam.Partington_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-30 11:16:41

> > I think that old pascal_set name brings more information to
> user than others
>
> I wanted to call it pascal_set, since this is what I was
> attempting to model.  I
> didn't think it would fly with the group.  I guess because it conveys no
> information to someone without a Pascal background.
> Opinions?
> pop-server.stny.rr.com

I prefer binary_set.  I don't like mixing in names just because that's where
the inspiration came from, the name should describe what it is and does, not
its history.

Can you imagine boost taking on a high precision floating point class and
calling it fortran_float?