Re: [Boost-users] [Phoenix] review reminder

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Phoenix] review reminder
From: Jeff Flinn (TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-30 08:07:49

Zeljko Vrba wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:04:00PM +0200, Roland Bock wrote:
>> Personally, I think, that the naming of libraries is not just a minor 
>> issue. The name of a library not only helps potential users to find it. 
>>
> Had you looked at the bottom of this page
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/5xgx5f
> 
> you would have seen that the library is dedicated to Joel's (passed away)
> daughter Phoenix. 
> 
> Personally, I think that the naming is rather irrelevant when all libraries
> are anyway listed on the boost main page:
> 
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_36_0
> 
> together with a short description.
> 
> And if we're going to start nitpicking, there's already a bunch of very
> uninformative names (Any, Assign, Enable If, Function, GIL, Iostreams
> [like, what the hell, isn't this already in the standard library], etc.)

I think naming was not an issue when the website had a "Category" view 
as well as the alphabetical listing. Spirit, regex, xpressive were under 
the text processing category... so I knew to look at these and see which 
met my needs. The new SortBy while nice, is lacking in this regard.

Jeff Flinn