Re: [boost] [iostreams] please vote on template names

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-12 18:30:12

Scott Woods wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Turkanis" <technews_at_[hidden]>
> To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [boost] [iostreams] please vote on template names
>
>
> [snip]
>
> I have no understanding of the work your facades/adapters/? may
> be doing. In pure ignorance;
>
>>
>> Rob Stewart pointed out that dev is sometimes an abbreviation for
>> "development" or "developer."
>>
>> The reason I'm not too excited about "device_streambuf" and
> "device_stream" is
>> that they're hard to pronounce without running the final consonant
>> of "device" into the initial consonant of "stream" or "streambuf."
>
> They read better than "dev".

Thanks for your input. I've eliminated te "dev" variants, but am still
considering the others.

Jonathan