RE: [boost] ** type traits broken **

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-27 21:46:17

At 02:55 AM 10/27/02, Aleksey Gurtovoy wrote:

 >> > I agree.
 >>
 >> So do I.  Could someone please change boost-root/more/lib_guide.htm?
 >
 >Done -
 >
 >"Use the lowercase/underscore naming conventions of the C++ standard
 >library.  Template parameter names begin with an uppercase letter. Macro
 >(gasp!) names should be all uppercase and begin with BOOST_. Acronyms
 >should
 >be treated as ordinary words (e.g. xml_parser instead of XML_parser). "
 >
 >Apparently, we already have a guideline that restricts file names to 
lower
 >case only -
 >
 >"File and directory names must contain only lowercase ASCII letters ,
 >numbers, underscores, and a period.  Leading character must be 
alphabetic.
 >Maximum length 31. Only a single period is permitted.  These requirements
 >ensure file and directory names are relatively portable. "

Thanks, Aleksey. As soon as I get the Filesystem Library finalized, I'm 
planning to write a program to scan Boost for a whole laundry list of 
no-no's. Uppercase filenames are one of them.

--Beman