Re: [boost] [RFC] Header/namespace policy draft

From: Andrey Semashev (andysem_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-04 10:55:28

David Abrahams wrote:
> on Mon Dec 03 2007, Andrey Semashev <andysem-AT-mail.ru> wrote:
> 
>> Maybe the library should reside in its own sub-namespace and then this
>> namespace should be imported into boost:: with using directive. This
>> import would be optional, depending on some macro, and would be declared
>> deprecated.
> 
> More simply, boost/thread.hpp could do 
> 
>      #include "boost/thread/whatever.hpp"
>      #include "boost/thread/whateverelse.hpp"
>      namespace boost
>      {
>          using namespace threads;
>      }
> 
> 

Yep, or even better:

    #ifndef BOOST_THREAD_NO_IMPORTS
    namespace boost
    {
        using namespace threads;
    }
    #endif