Re: [boost] date_time naming

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-03 07:26:54

On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 16:50:09 -0400, David Abrahams wrote
> I'm just getting started with the date_time library, and I think I'm
> gonna like it.  

Let's hope so!

> I have some quibbles with the naming choices though
> (shocking! me of all people!)  For example, why is the nested
> namespace called posix_time instead of, simply, posix?  Once you're 

Seemed clearer to me that it would be limited to time and not presume to
encompass all of posix.

> in a date_time context it seems to me that _time adds nothing. 
> Similarly, what's the "p" in ptime stand for?  I can guess, but I 
> can guess it's also redundant ;-)

My first choice was 'time'.  However, as I recall I ran into some nasty macros
that interfered with that name, sigh.  time_point would be another
possibility, but it is longer.  I'm certainly open to suggestions...

Jeff