Re: [boost] minor nitpick: why signal.hpp instead of signals.hpp? (no text)

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-02 07:09:17

At 02:48 AM 7/8/2003, Dave Gomboc wrote:
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 >minor nitpick: why signal.hpp instead of signals.hpp?

It is following the practice of the C++ Standard Library. Which in turn was 
following the practice of the C Standard Library.

That being said, those libraries were developed in the days when filenames 
were limited to very short lengths, and no concerns over header name 
collisions. Today our concerns are different.

--Beman