[boost] Re: xpressive as scanner generator [was: new version ofxpressive]

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-02 12:06:43

Eric Niebler wrote:

>> Another thing: I always thought one should not use identifier names
>> starting with an underscore like: "_b"?
>>
>>
>
> IIRC, you're not allowed to use names like _B (one underscore followed
> by a capital) or names like __b (two underscores). I think names like
> _b are OK. If they're not, we're un trouble becuase Boost.Bind,
> Boost.Lambda and Boost.MPL use _1 as a placeholder.

I think they're okay as long as they're not global or in namespace std.

Jonathan