Re: [boost] namespace boost?

Subject: Re: [boost] namespace boost?
From: Mostafa (mostafa_working_away_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-15 15:18:11

On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:08:16 -0800, Frédéric Bron <frederic.bron_at_[hidden]>  
wrote:

>> I'm reminded of something that has bugged me for a long time.  That is  
>> the
>> placement of lots of
>> stuff inside the namespace boost.
>
> As a user of boost, I find difficult to guess the name of something
> because for some libraries, stuff is just in boost:: namespace (regex
> and type traits for example) and for others it is in boost::library::
> namespace (for example string algorithms). It would help to have a
> standard naming convention.
>
> Frédéric

+1 Clients can always restructure/alias namespaces to suit their needs.
+1 On the standard naming convention.

Mostafa