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

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-16 09:59:30

Andreas Huber <ah2003_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams <dave <at> boost-consulting.com> writes:
>> His question was analogous to asking why we don't write
>> david::abrahams.
>
> I hope it is obvious that it wasn't. 

For the record, if it were obvious to me I wouldn't have asserted
otherwise.

> There are many differences between the 
> name of the human David Abrahams and the name of a C++ library that happens to 
> reside in a certain namespace.
>
> But really, I hope we agree that the bicycle shed has been discussed more than 
> enough already.

Agreed.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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