Re: [boost] namespace boost?

Subject: Re: [boost] namespace boost?
From: vicente.botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-15 15:49:18

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Denis Shevchenko" <for.dshevchenko_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [boost] namespace boost?

> In addition, I think that a single standard of namespaces should be 
> combined with a single standard of .hpp files location in main 'boost' 
> directory.
> 
> IMHO, simple libraries (such boost::mem_fn or boost::lexical_cast) which 
> consist of a single .hpp file can (or must) be placed in main 'boost' 
> directory, so user can write:
> 
> #include <boost/mem_fn.hpp>
> 
> For more complex libraries, all .hpp files must be placed in own 
> directory (like boost::ptr_container), so user writes:
> 
> #include <boost/ptr_container/ptr_container.hpp>

I find useful to have the file that include all the other files at the boost directory level. As it is the case for Boost.Flyweight

#include <boost/flyweight.hpp>

Vicente