Re: [boost] Re: algorithms namespace

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-18 14:23:41

Douglas Paul Gregor wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Peter Dimov wrote:
>
>> I would turn the question around and ask what's wrong with boost::fs
>> (and when I see boost I think std). I've never understood the
>> rationale behind long namespace names. Yes, I can alias filesystem
>> to fs myself. But when all of your users alias filesystem to fs, and
>> you find yourself doing the same in documentation, examples, tests,
>> and in your own code, then perhaps it should have been named fs in
>> the first place.
>
> I do all sorts of things in non-header source files that I would not dare
> do in headers, and creating a name like "fs" is one of them :)

But the question is why (and the name is boost::fs). Claiming the identifier
'fs' in the boost namespace isn't more evil than claiming the identifier
'ref' or 'type' or 'bind'... or 'function', if you will.