Re: [boost] namespace boost?

Subject: Re: [boost] namespace boost?
From: Barend Gehrels (barend_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-18 10:08:19

> Furthermore, the directory and namespace names should be identical.  Thus, boost/ptr_container provides code in boost::ptr_container.
Note that this proposal conflicts with some existing libraries (e.g. 
tuple, bimap).

The library name is normally (but not always) singular, e.g. 
Boost.Tuple, which is IMO more logical than Boost.Tuples. The folder 
name equals the library name. The library often contains a class named 
as the library, e.g. tuple, and the namespace therefore or for other 
reasons is something different, here tuples, so this requirement is 
difficult to meet.

Regards, Barend