Re: [boost] Review Request: Introduction of boost::string namespace and string-conversion functions

Subject: Re: [boost] Review Request: Introduction of boost::string namespace and string-conversion functions
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-12 10:12:34

on Thu Feb 12 2009, "Boris Schaeling" <boris-AT-highscore.de> wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:54:09 +0100, Andrey Semashev <andrey.semashev_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> Vladimir.Batov_at_[hidden] wrote:
>>> Based on the previous string-conversion-related discussion that revolved around
>>> lexical_cast (started with
>>> http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2009/01/147013.php) and Dave's  suggestion
>>> (http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2009/02/147995.php) I would like to propose
>>> to create a new          boost::string  I would  initially like to see if we can
>>> agree on 1) creating boost::string (or some other as descriptive name) namespace;
>>
>> Could we come up with another name for the namespace? The string namespace looks too
>> general to me and may potentially clash with std::string if "using namespace boost;
>> using namespace std;" is written  in the users' code.
>
> I didn't follow the discussion and thus wonder why a new namespace should be
> introduced at all. After all there is boost::algorithm in  Boost.StringAlgorithms? If
> boost::string or boost::strings is introduced  we have string algorithms in different
> namespaces (or is boost::algorithm  then renamed?). If a new namespace should be
> introduced only for string conversions then IMHO boost::string and boost::strings are
> both too  general (it sounds like they would have been more appropriate for
> Boost.StringAlgorithms).

We can always compose namespaces later with using-directives.
Decomposing them is much harder ;-)

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Dave Abrahams
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