[boost] Re: Naming Proposed Libraries

From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-05 18:43:02

David Abrahams wrote:
> "Jonathan Turkanis" <technews_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
>>I can't think of anything better right now, but to me "proposed" suggests that
>>the libray is in the review queue.
> 
> 
> I don't know why.  "Proposed" might mean it's just a glimmer in
> someone's eye.

Prior to boost, I didn't even place Spirit in boost's namespace to
avoid confusion. At the time, when mentioning boost, I say that
Spirit is a "boost candidate".

Prior to boost, Spirit was called just Spirit. Now, it's called
Boost.Spirit. The pre-catenation gave it special meaning. :-)

Cheers,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
http://www.boost-consulting.com
http://spirit.sf.net