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From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-19 15:00:09


on Thu Jul 19 2007, "Chauhan, Vikas" <Vikas.Chauhan-AT-anritsu.com> wrote:

> Hi ,
>
> Can you please advise , why boost has "detail" namespace?
> Is a kind of standard as most of the libraries also have a detail
> namespace for eg: boost::asio::detail, boost::archive::detail,
> boost::format::detail and so on...

It's used for implementation details, to keep them separate from the
intended public interface.

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