Re: [boost] namespace boost?

Subject: Re: [boost] namespace boost?
From: Joachim Faulhaber (afojgo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-18 12:08:35

2011/1/18 Robert Ramey <ramey_at_[hidden]>:
> Joachim Faulhaber wrote:
>> 2011/1/18 Mateusz Loskot <mateusz_at_[hidden]>:
>> ... it is official boost guideline, for the case that your library
>> exports a class that is identical with the library's name:
>> http://www.boost.org/development/requirements.html#Naming_consistency
>>
>
> from the above
> "Here is how it works. The library is given a name that describes the
> contents of the library. Cryptic abbreviations are strongly discouraged.
> Following the practice of the C++ Standard Library, names are usually
> singular rather than plural. For example, a library dealing with file
> systems might chose the name "filesystem", but not "filesystems", "fs" or
> "nicecode".
>
> Hmmmm - I either never saw this or had forgotten about it.  How is it we
> have names
> like kara, qi, phoenix, fusion, gil, spirit, wave and xpressive ?
>
because xpressive names have a better spirit, bring qi to your
software and will enhance your karma so they can heal your (con)fusion
and make you wave like a phoenix from the ashes.