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-
- File and directory names must contain only lowercase ASCII letters , numbers,
+ File and directory names must contain only lowercase ASCII letters , numbers,
underscores, and a period. Leading character must be alphabetic. Maximum
length 31. Only a single period is permitted. These requirements ensure
file and directory names are relatively portable.
-
+ Files intended to be processed by a C++ compiler as part
+ of a translation unit should have a three-letter
+ extension ending in "pp". Other files should
+ not use extensions ending in "pp". This
+ convention makes it easy to identify all of the C++ source
+ in Boost.
+ -
All libraries have at their highest level a primary directory named for the
particular library. See Naming consistency.
The primary directory may have sub-directories.