Re: [boost] [Boost.FixedPoint] Choose notation

Subject: Re: [boost] [Boost.FixedPoint] Choose notation
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-04-29 02:46:48

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Vicente J. Botet Escriba <
vicente.botet_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> BTW, the choice of the names in the C++1y proposal was a source of
> conflicts (as always).
> In my prototype I used
>
> fxp_uint and fxp_int
> fxp_ufract and fxp_fract
> (fxp_ufreal and fxp_real)
>
> Now if you put these classes on a specific namespace for each notation the
> choice of the default can be deferred without a major impact on the plan.
>
> namespace fixed_point {
>   namespace q { }
>
>   namespace cxx1y {}
>   // if the default is cxx1y notation (a better name is welcome, e.g. rr
> for range and resolution)
>   using cxx1y::fxp_uint;
>   using cxx1y::fxp_int;
>   ...
> }
>
> With this approach the user could be precise enough
>
> fixed_point::q::fxp_fract<8,4>**;
>
>
> we could also name the namespace for fixed points fxp and use
>
> fxp::q::fract<8,4>;
> fxp::rr::uinteger<8,4>;
>
>
Please, no cryptic abbreviations (and especially one letter names).