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

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Phoenix] review reminder
From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-30 10:19:11

Jeff Flinn wrote:
> 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.

For some reason, it's still there (if you google it):
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_36_0/libs/libraries.htm

But I can't seem to get to it from the boost site.

Regards,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
http://www.boostpro.com
http://spirit.sf.net