Re: [boost] [range] #11202: boost.sort header conflicts with boost.range header

On 9/2/2018 10:09 AM, Mathias Gaunard via Boost wrote:

On 2 September 2018 at 03:21, Steven Ross via Boost wrote:

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I think it is a bad idea to make an exception for boost::range::sort when all the other range algorithms are directly in boost:: .

It's not pretty, but it sounds reasonable to me. Do you have a counterproposal?

Rename the "sort" library to something else. "sortlib" is very bad, but other names could be found.

I was just suggesting a change in the namespace name to something else. It can still be called the sort library, even if the namespace is not boost::sort. Although it is discouraged I think allowing function, template, and class names directly in the boost namespace should be allowed when those names mimic std:: names, but with Boost functionality. I think Boost should avoid as much as possible using namespace names which are the same as std:: functions, templates, and classes.