----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrey Semashev" <andrey.semashev@gmail.com> To: <boost@lists.boost.org> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 5:41 PM Subject: Re: [boost] Review Request: Introduction of boost::string namespace and string-conversion functions
Vladimir.Batov@wrsa.com.au wrote:
3. Naming of the conversion functions.
The "to/from/is" set seems to sit well with the majority of people.
The to_string/from_string was floated around as alternatives. I feel that the "_string" extension indeed serves a mildly useful purpose when the "string" namespace is obfuscated. Like
namespace boost::string obfuscated;
string str = obfuscated::from(i); // What the...? string str = obfuscated::to_string(i); // Somewhat better but still...
I must say, this is my case. However, I tend to use acronyms for namespace aliases:
namespace bll = boost::lambda; namespace bmi = boost::multi_index;
As for this tool, I would probably
namespace bsl = boost::string;
Not on your Boost.Log library doccumentation ;-) Cheers, Vicente