Re: [boost] Pimpl library in the file vault

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-07 13:27:06

Rob Stewart wrote:
> From: Caleb Epstein <caleb.epstein_at_[hidden]>
>> 
>> Ergo I restate my case that this library should NOT be called Pimpl.
>> Maybe PimplHolder or something like that, but calling it Pimpl
>> confuses at least two people :-)
> 
> I was never confused as to whether this library would magically
> implement the impl class, though I think Asger may have flirted
> with the idea of forwarding functions.  Nevertheless, I can see
> calling the class pimpl_ptr, if that suffix would clarify matters
> for you.

Let's not forget that the first P in pimpl stands for 'pointer'. :-)