Re: [boost] [Review] Shmem

From: Jeff Flinn (TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-09 14:34:51

Ion Gaztañaga wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
>> I haven't looked at the library, but I'd like to raise a minor
>> point.  I think the name "shmem" is bad as it doesn't tell you what
>> the library is about - most Boost libraries have more descriptive
>> names.  "Shmem" sounds to me like a letter of the Hebrew alphabet
>> rather than the name of a Boost library.  Couldn't it be called
>> "shared_memory" or something similar instead?
>
> Suggestion are welcome. There are other libraries with Shmem name (for
> example, for programming multiprocessor shared memory issues), so I'm
> not the only one with bad taste ;-)

I prefer "shared_memory" as well, especially considering the recent threads 
on this list and the user list discussing new boost users not being able to 
easily/quickly finding what facilities are available. Had I not been 
introduced to the name shmem at my current employer(it's even worse, we have 
a shmipc library) I wouldn't have known what your library offered even 
though I've been using memory mapped files under windows for quite some 
time.

Jeff Flinn