Re: [boost] Namespace for a Boost Hashing Library

Subject: Re: [boost] Namespace for a Boost Hashing Library
From: John Bytheway (jbytheway+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-09 17:22:39

On 09/05/10 17:19, Scott McMurray wrote:
> I initially used boost::hash, forgetting that the unordered containers
> have already claimed that name.  A number of alternatives have been
> proposed, so I hoped to get some thoughts from the wider community.
> 
> The intention for the library is to provide concepts and some
> implementations for checksums (like CRC32), plain hash functions (for
> hash tables), and cryptographic hash functions (like MD5 or SHA-256).
> 
> Some possibilities:
> 
> - boost::hashes
> Following the usual boost method of a plural namespace when a class exists.

I've always thought plurals were better for namespaces anyway, so I like
boost::hashes.

John Bytheway