Re: [boost] Name and Namespace for Potential Boost Extended Floating-Point

Subject: Re: [boost] Name and Namespace for Potential Boost Extended Floating-Point
From: Mostafa (mostafa_working_away_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-08-31 01:02:44

On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:08:46 -0700, Christopher Kormanyos  
<e_float_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We are seeking a good name for a potential boost extended precision  
> floating-point library.
> This is a multiple precision floating-point type which *behaves* well in  
> C++.

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> In order to continue, we need a good name for a potential boost  
> multiple-precision floating-point type.
>
> For the multiple-precision real type we have names like:
>
> 	* multiprecision_real
> 	* mp_real
> 	* extended_float_tOur current favorite is the second:mp_real.
>
> For namespaces, we have:
>
> 	1. boost::mp::mp_real
> 	2. boost::multiprecision::mp_real
> 	3. boost::multiple_precision::mp_realOur current favorite namespace is  
> number 2: boost::multiprecision.
>

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>
> Thank you. Sincerely, Chris.

If you're already in namespace mp, multiprecision, etc ..., then why  
prefix entities in that namespace with "mp_"?

Mostafa