Re: [boost] namespace boost?

Subject: Re: [boost] namespace boost?
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-18 12:11:47

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Joachim Faulhaber
<afojgo_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Forgetting about the legacy and naming of existing libraries,
>> in my opinion libraries and namespaces should be singular.
>> I can't think of any reason why it has to be plural.
>
> ... 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

Though again, I'd like to discuss whether we want to keep that policy.

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