Re: [boost] Re: Dot in Boost Library Names?

From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-16 14:09:55

From: Andreas Huber <ah2003_at_[hidden]>
> 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.

I'm confused.  Those references to the libraries would be spelled
Boost::SmartPtr (or whatever) and Boost::Thread, right?

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