Re: [boost] Removing Bind placeholders from the global namespace

Subject: Re: [boost] Removing Bind placeholders from the global namespace
From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-14 17:43:59

Sohail Somani:
> Peter Dimov wrote:
>> Sohail Somani:
>>> Peter Dimov wrote:
>>>> Sohail Somani:
>>>>> If the boost::placeholders namespace was to exist, I was suggesting
>>>>> that
>>>>> boost standardize on the placeholders in that namespace.
>>>>
>>>> OK, but what does this mean in the short term? What shoud we do with 
>>>> the
>>>> immediate problem of bind's global placeholders?
>>>
>>> I'd suggest a less "global" namespace to put them into.
>>> boost::bindns::placeholders ?
>>
>> Well... and how does this achieve the goal of having "unified"
>> placeholders in namespace boost::placeholders?
>
> Your question was what to do with the immediate problem of bind's global
> placeholders... That was what I was responding to.

OK, let's try again. Why is moving Bind's placeholders to namespace 
boost::bindns::placeholders instead of namespace boost::placeholders better, 
in your opinion?