Re: [boost] [review] Fast track formal review of Forward library begins today

From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-27 09:35:50

dan marsden wrote:
> Giovanni Piero Deretta wrote:
>>  shunsuke wrote:
>>> BTW, I'm tempted to rename Egg to Boost.Functor.
> 
> I'd suggest avoiding Functor as a name. Functor has specific meaning in the
> 
> functional programming community, which is not consistent with what Egg
> 
> delivers.

I'm with Dan.

>> What about Boost.Functional (already taken?) or
>> Boost.FunctionAdapters, or, my favourite,
>> Boost.FunctionObjectsOnSteroid :). Or just keep Egg, is simple and
>> there is precendent for non descriptive names in boost.
> 
> Personally I like the name Egg, it's short enough for a namespace
> name, and easy to remember. Boost.FunctionObjectsOnSteroid does have
> a certain something as well :)

Oh, the name game! How about Boost.Funny :-)
Sorry, can't resist.

Regards,
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Joel de Guzman
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