[boost] Re: algorithms namespace

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-20 17:07:30

"David Bergman" <davidb_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David A wrote: 
>
>> > Yes, actually. Part of my weighting scheme has to do with 
>> how often I 
>> > need to type it. With filesystem, for instance, I either 
>> use it very 
>> > sparingly (and don't mind the typing), or I'm using it like mad and 
>> > will go with an alias no matter what. With "std", I need it all the 
>> > bloody time for everything, so it better be short. (Kind of 
>> like "ls" or "cd").
>> 
>> That's basically my philosophy.  Couple that with a belief 
>> that the use of indcphrble abbrevs should be a conscious 
>> choice on each programmer's part, and not forced upon them by 
>> cruel or lazy library authors <wink>, and I think you can 
>> understand why I don't like boost::algo or boost::fs by 
>> default.  If I could think of a better alternative I might 
>> say the same about boost::mpl.
>
> Strange coming from a man who I guess spends a large portion of his day in
> Unix land.

Bad guess ;^)

> Maybe I should start including the following lines in my .bash_profile:
>
> 	alias change_current_directory="cd"
> 	alias list_directory="ls"

Shell commands are generally written once and thrown away.  Code needs
to be read many more times than it's written.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com