[boost] [endian] [bikeshed] Conversion function naming discussion

Subject: [boost] [endian] [bikeshed] Conversion function naming discussion
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-01-25 09:06:17

Naming is always a bike shed issue. I'm starting a separate thread for
those who don't care can easily ignore it.

The current names I'm least comfortable with are the conversion
function names in the endian sub-namespace:

big_to_native
big_to_native_inplace
native_to_big
native_to_big_inplace
little_to_native
little_to_native_inplace
native_to_little
native_to_little_inplace
conditional_reverse
conditional_reverse_inplace

These are quite explicit, but are a bit too long and awkward for my
taste. I'd be willing to change these names if someone can come up
with replacements that are shorter and less awkward, but still
reasonable explicit.

--Beman