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

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-08 19:12:47

Rob Stewart wrote:
> From: Larry Evans <cppljevans_at_[hidden]>
>>
>> It would be nice if a header file name could end in "_+.hpp" where
>> the "+" is meant to suggest "more than one component".  Maybe just
>> "_" would be close enough, so that a header named:
>>
>>    counter_.hpp
>>
>> would indicate it contains components with names starting with
>> "counter_" or components having something to do with a counter.
>
> What would you name the header for class static_?
>
> I don't see a trailing underscore, which is a valid character in
> an identifier, as a good wildcard character.

I guess you could use counter_xxx, static_xxx.

I simply don't like the idea of wildcards in header names.

Jonathan