Re: [boost] Review of Daryle Walker's "More IO" library begins today, August 21, 2004.

From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-31 11:57:56

From: Daryle Walker <darylew_at_[hidden]>
> On 8/27/04 6:43 PM, "Jonathan Turkanis" <technews_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > "Rob Stewart" <stewart_at_[hidden]> wrote in message:
> >> 
> >> I don't think many would have a hard time recognizing the
> >> parallel between "newl" and "endl."  If you rename it to
> >> "newline," there's no chance of misunderstanding the manipulator,
> >> right?
> 
> I know "new_line" or "newline" would be clearer, but "newl" happens to be
> the same length as typing in ['\n'] or ["\n"], four characters.  If I change
> "skipl" to "skip_line", I should do the same to "newl" to be consistent.

"newline" is easier to type than "\n" or '\n' so the comparative
length isn't really an issue.

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