Re: [Boost-users] Re: [Foreach]TroubleiteratingoverBoost.MultiIndexcontainers

Thorsten Ottosen wrote:

"David Abrahams" wrote in message news:usm35lvo0.fsf@boost-consulting.com...

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I guess the ugly adl_ prefix

do you now anything less ugly? It clearly states the purpose of the function.

Both begin() and range_begin() are much less ugly. adl_ as a prefix doesn't save you from colliding with another ADL customization point, if your convention catches on. It only saves you from g++. It's sad that one broken compiler has the power to make our interfaces ugly. Most other offenders only made the implementation ugly. And g++ will likely stay that way. If I had more free time I'd get mad.