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Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [range] questions about documentation and usage
From: Thorsten Ottosen (thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-11-02 05:54:37


On 02-11-2012 07:11, Robert Ramey wrote:
> I want to use Boost.Range in a bigger way. But I have a few problems with
> it. I think most of them are just issues of understanding and the writting
> of the documentation

Ok.

> To me, the range documentation is out of whack. I can figure it out - but
> it's misleading - atleast to me.

I think some of the original up-front examples disappeared in version 2.
You can still browse them under "Examples".

> c) Another really annoying thing is that every thing is directly in the
> boost namespace. This breaks the convention that library headers are in
> boost/<library name> and in the namespace boost::<library name>. This
> creates a lot of opportunity for conflict.

Maybe so, but how would you change that without breaking code?

-Thorsten


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