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

From: Andreas Huber (ah2003_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-16 15:46:24

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

That would be one possibility. However I think the double colon still 
hints too much in the direction that there is a namespace called 
Boost::Thread. Boosters of course know that namespace identifiers are 
lowercase, but an outsider maybe doesn't. Since we can't consistently 
name libs after the namespace they're residing in I now totally agree 
with Dave that we should choose a naming convention that has obviously 
nothing to do with C++ identifiers whatsoever. Plus, Dave's convention 
has the advantage that only very few people need to change the names in 
the docs/books, etc. Personally, I would have preferred boost::fsm a lot 
over Boost.FSM but it's not *that* important, is it?

Regards,

Andreas