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

Subject: Re: [boost] Name and Namespace for Potential Boost ExtendedFloating-Point
From: Sylvester-Bradley, Gareth (Gareth.Sylvester-Bradley_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-09-01 16:31:14

> So this is the last call for anyone who can't live with it.

Since you're still asking... :-)

> 	* I believe we received more positive feedback for "a variation of float...", neither real nor decimal.
>	* The consensus seems to be that the namespace mp is terse and confusing.
>	* Some like the trailing underscore. Most, however, do not favor it.

+1 all from me.

> namespace boost
> {
>   namespace multiprecision
>   {

OK, so far...

>     class floating { };
>   }
>  }

Please no! I'd expect a class name like this to be a noun (possibly preceded by adjectives). Am I alone?

My vote goes to the following, already mentioned earlier:

namespace boost
{
  namespace multiprecision
  {
    class mp_float;
  }
}

£0.02,
Gareth

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