Re: [boost] [iostreams] request for advice on naming [repost]

From: Thorsten Ottosen (nesotto_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-08 09:34:23

Jonathan Turkanis <technews <at> kangaroologic.com> writes:

> sure that the analogy with the iterators library will be very effective in
> helping users understand these templates. As a result, I'm think of using the
> less technical-sounding names "generic_streambuf" and "generic_stream."
> 
> What do people think?

seems ok. have you considered

basic_streambuf<>
basic_stream<>

as an analogy with regex/string etc ?

> I'm thinking of renaming the headers that are curently based on component 
names
> so that all headers will have short, simple names. E.g.,
> 
>     bzip2.hpp
>     counter.hpp
>     gzip.hpp
>     line.hpp
>     newline.hpp
>     one_step.hpp
>     regex.hpp
>     stdio.hpp
>     symmetric.hpp
>     test.hpp
>     zlib.hpp
> 
> Thoughts?

I like you renaming.

-Thorsten