"Andreas Huber" <ah2003@gmx.net> writes:
Rob Stewart wrote:
I'm confused. Those references to the libraries would be spelled Boost::SmartPtr (or whatever) and Boost::Thread, right?
That would be one possibility. However I think the double colon still hints too much in the direction that there is a namespace called Boost::Thread. Boosters of course know that namespace identifiers are lowercase, but an outsider maybe doesn't. Since we can't consistently name libs after the namespace they're residing in I now totally agree with Dave that we should choose a naming convention that has obviously nothing to do with C++ identifiers whatsoever. Plus, Dave's convention has the advantage that only very few people need to change the names in the docs/books, etc.
Does that change your vote? -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com