[boost] Re: The art of naming namespaces [was: Re: algorithms namespace]

From: Bjorn.Karlsson_at_[hidden]
Date: 2004-02-25 07:59:12

> From: Thorsten Ottosen [mailto:nesotto_at_[hidden]]

> > * Some names work "best" in plural (like signals, 
> type_traits, iterators,
> > operators); this is of course very much IMHO.
> 
> are they the names of namespaces?

Signals is (and type_traits has such a namespace [albeit only in detail]),
the others are the library names (living in the root boost:: namespace). 
 
> > * Just "file" seems a bit restrictive to me, but when I 
> think about the
> > namespace "files" I read "files 'n other related stuff, too".
> 
> then maybe it should be namespace io? Just like a big namespace for
> algorithms, io
> could hold file handling, zip streams, formatters etc.

Yes, that's definitely an interesting option.

Bjorn