From: Thorsten Ottosen [mailto:nesotto@cs.auc.dk]
I'd say that for boost::filesystem, Dave's suggestion "files" would be a great compromise.
Why plural? We seldom name class in plural.
Good question, and I'm not really sure I can answer it very well (but I'll try): * It can be mentally expanded to files...ystem. * Some names work "best" in plural (like signals, type_traits, iterators, operators); this is of course very much IMHO. * Just "file" seems a bit restrictive to me, but when I think about the namespace "files" I read "files 'n other related stuff, too". (Come to think about it, that Boost.Thread uses the singular form is actually quite funny!) As this is a highly subjective matter, I don't consider these arguments/reasons to be anything else than personal opinions. Bjorn