Re: [boost] Re: Rationale for library name convention [Was: Dot in Boost Library Names?]

From: Kresimir Fresl (fresl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-15 09:12:22

David Abrahams wrote:

>>In case someone else remembers I'd be interested in the rationale for
>>that choice. After all, boost is about C++ with many libraries ending
>>up as candidates for standardization, so it strikes me as odd to start
>>names with an uppercase letter and to have something else than the
>>double colon as a separator.

> These are not C++ identifiers; they're names.

David.Abrahams
Boost.Consulting

Kresimir.Fresl
Faculty.Of.Civil.Engineering

Sorry. Can't resist.