On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Christopher Kormanyos <e_float@yahoo.com>wrote:
From: Matthias Schabel <boost@schabel-family.org> To: boost@lists.boost.org Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 12:00 AM Subject: Re: [boost] Name and Namespace for Potential Boost Extended Floating-Point
mp_float mp_int mp_rational
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If this is going to be in the "multiprecision" namespace, isn't "mp_*" redundant? Why not just
multiprecision::float multiprecision::int multiprecision::rational
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No, unfortunately not. Please remember when using a namespace, a name like "float" can not be distinguished from the POD type float. Remember that many developers *use* a namespace to avoid typing.
The ugly prefix is needed to guarantee unique naming.
Couldn't you just do what "every" other boost library does, and append an underscore? - Jeff