Re: [boost] boost::fs?

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-06 10:18:12

At 03:59 PM 8/5/2003, David Abrahams wrote:
 >
 >Why are we using such a cryptic namespace name?  I mean, I can
 >understand wanting to abbreviate "template_metaprogramming", but
 >"filesystem" doesn't seem too bad and you could use "filesys"; people
 >will use namespace aliases anyway.

The Filesystem Library is in namespace boost::filesystem.

A namespace alias of fs:: is used in an example on one of the doc pages, 
and in some of the test and implementation code. Is that a concern?

 >  Sorry to complain, but "fs" has
 >been rubbing me the wrong way since I started using it.

Why are you using it then? I just double checked, and it doesn't appear in 
any of the filesystem headers.

--Beman