Re: [boost] Boost policy for putting headers in boost/ Was: #3541 Support <boost/ptr_map.hpp>

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost policy for putting headers in boost/ Was: #3541 Support <boost/ptr_map.hpp>
From: Frank Mori Hess (frank.hess_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-23 09:18:56

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On Friday 23 October 2009, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Scott McMurray <me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden]> 
wrote:
> > 2009/10/23 Thorsten Ottosen <thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden]>:
> >
> > I remember discussions about implications for ease of merging, clarity
> > of ownership, and other such things that say we want as little as
> > possible outside of library-specific directories.
> >
> > (The one possible exception being one header with the same name as the
> > directory that includes almost everything, primarily for getting
> > started purposes.)
>
> Would a boost/ptr_container.hpp that includes all containers make sense?
> I don't think every container needs it's own header file.

One suggestion I liked that came up earlier was using all.hpp, for example 
boost/ptr_container/all.hpp.

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