Re: [boost] The Concept Traits Library: naming - opinions sought

From: Terje Slettebø (tslettebo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-05 15:07:18

>From: "Aleksey Gurtovoy" <agurtovoy_at_[hidden]>

> Terje Slettebø writes:
> >
> > To consider the issue, we looked at Boost's type_traits, where all the
> > traits are in the same directory, as well as libraries like MPL, where
it
> > appears to move to <boost/mpl/arithmetic/plus.hpp> (from
> > <boost/mpl/plus.hpp>) - at least, the "arithmetic" directory is there.
>
> Actually, it's the other way around -- they *used* to reside inside the
> directory, but at some point were moved to the top level. There are pros
> and cons to both ways.

Has there been a discussion about this on Boost or elsewhere, in the past,
and if so, do you have a subject line I could search for? It could be
helpful, to review those pros and cons.

Regards,

Terje