Re: [boost] Name of namespace detail

Subject: Re: [boost] Name of namespace detail
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-13 15:33:06

Jean-Louis Leroy wrote:
>> Speaking of Boost, the "detail" namespace is commonly used for 
>> implementation details, same as "aux" (or variations thereof), so this 
>> is a good choice if you're writing a new library for Boost.
> 
> I may stick to the tradition (actually I'm doing that for now) but if we 
> always limited ourselves to common usage, Boost would not exist to start 
> with would it ? ;-)

You don't mean that every library should reinvent the wheel, do you? 
There's nothing bad in following the common practice, it doesn't mean 
you're not moving forward.