Re: [boost] Filesystem Library mini-review

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-16 11:58:04

Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:

> At 03:05 AM 12/16/2002, Vladimir Prus wrote:
>
>  >Beman Dawes wrote:
>  >> A large number of changes to the Filesystem Library have been
> committed >> to the CVS main trunk.
>  >
>  >Hi Beman,
>  >
>  >I've some comments:
>  >
>  >1. The name 'root_directory' is confusing for me. 'directory' implies
>  >    you can stick anywhere dir there, whilie only "/" is allowed.
>  >    Unfortunetely, nothing better comes to mind.
>
> I've agonized over the names of many of the functions, and feel that
> the current names are a real improvement over earlier names. Both the
> individual names, and the names as they relate to one another are
> better.
>
> Nevertheless, if anyone can come up with still better names I'll
> welcome the improvement:-)

Given the remarks above, "root" might be an improvement over
"root_directory"... though I admit I don't have a clue about the
context.

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