Re: [boost] bcp update #2: namespace renaming

Subject: Re: [boost] bcp update #2: namespace renaming
From: Artyom (artyomtnk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-28 15:37:34

Hello,

That is great news, one of the most missing features.

Several questions:

a) Does it rename macros as well? I mean if I have a library
   with defined BOOST_ASIO_ENABLE_FOO_BAR would it be renamed
   to NEWNAME_ASIO_ENABLE_FOO_BAR ?

b) Doest it updates BJam files as well.
c) How do you deal with various test files?
d) Have you tryed to run some regrssion tests?

I had written once such tool on my own, see

http://lists.boost.org/boost-build/2009/05/21911.php
http://cppcms.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cppcms/framework/branches/refactoring/tools/rename.py?revision=935&view=markup

However I hadn't updated the BJam files. I still
managed to build most of parts of boost and run some regession
test.

I would defenatly test it ASAP.

Artyom

> 
> Also changes library names to start with the prefix
> "newname" or "libnewname" rather than "boost" or
> "libboost".

Does it changes include paths as well? So I can include

    <newname/shared_ptr.hpp>

> What you can
> not do at present, is #include two different boost versions
> in the same translation unit.
> 

When you use alias or in any case?

Actually my tool had allowed this. Why you can't do this?

Artyom.
P.S.: This is very important step!