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

From: Kresimir Fresl (fresl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-15 10:09:48

David B. Held wrote:

> Kresimir Fresl wrote:
> 
>> [...]
>> David.Abrahams
>> Boost.Consulting
>>
>> Kresimir.Fresl
>> Faculty.Of.Civil.Engineering
>>
>> Sorry. Can't resist.

> Shouldn't that be: "Sorry.Can'tResist"? ;>

"Sorry. Can't resist." is not a name.

> MPL "is-a-member-of" Boost.  Hence, "Boost.MPL".
> 
> Abrahams "is-not-a-member-of" David.  Hence, "David Abrahams".
> 
> I see the dot operator as the member selection operator, which is why
> it seemed perfectly natural to me to name libraries with that format.

Dave Abrahams wrote:

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

fres