Re: [boost] Re: boost paths

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-12 06:49:48

From: "William E. Kempf" <williamkempf_at_[hidden]>
> From: "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]>
> > From: "Jaakko Jarvi" <jajarvi_at_[hidden]>
>
> > If you must change, the former is certainly OK. But I don't think
anything
> > needs to be done.
>
> I'd tend to agree.  For instance, I don't think we'd wan't a
> <boost/thread.hpp> that included all of the Boost.Threads headers, would
we?
> There's more of an argument for moving all of the Boost.Thread's headers
out
> of boost/thread and into boost, but with larger libraries this increases
the
> likelyhood for file name clashes.

Not if you follow the boost/X.hpp <-> boost::X practice. A file name clash
would mean an identifier clash. Both are equally undesirable.