[boost] Re: Dot in Boost Library Names?

From: Andreas Huber (ah2003_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-16 02:57:32

Rob Stewart <stewart <at> sig.com> writes:

> At the risk of discussing the bicycle shed, what about using the
> scope resolution operator?  That, at least, would not be
> misconstrued by a copyeditor and would be in keeping with C++
> syntax.

I had that opinion also until I realized that some boost libraries (like e.g. 
smart_ptr, thread, etc.) do not reside in their own namespace. So, it would be 
confusing to write boost::thread or boost::smart_ptr when refering to one of 
these libraries in a book.

Regards,

Andreas