[boost] Re: Naming Proposed Libraries

From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-05 18:47:46

Jonathan Turkanis wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
> "At the moment it's just a notion, but with a bit of backing I think I could
> turn it into concept, and then an idea."
> 
> Here are some other suggestions:
> 
>   - contemplated ("the contemplated database library")
>   - suggested ("the suggested process control library")
>   - planned ("the planned sockets library")
>   - proposed ("the proposed typeof library")
>   - prophesied ("the prophesied big int library")
>   - fantasized ("the fantasized GUI library")
> 
> Let me say that I did not intend to dillute the Boost name; in fact, I thought I
> was being extraordinarily careful.

- candidate (IMO, is the right word)

Cheers,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
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