Dear all, I'm considering some last minute name changes for the iostreams library, and would like some feedback. There are two issues: 1. the names of the fundamental components streambuf_facade and stream_facade 2. inconsistent header names (Note: these changes shouldn't affect the regression tests -- unless I botch them) ----------------------- streambuf_facade and stream_facade: Before I settled on "streambuf_facade" and "stream_facade," I tried five or six other pairs of names for these templates. I finally picked the current names because of the analogy with the iterators library. However, the templates are not really facades -- in the GOF sense -- and I'm not sure that the analogy with the iterators library will be very effective in helping users understand these templates. As a result, I'm think of using the less technical-sounding names "generic_streambuf" and "generic_stream." What do people think? ----------------------- inconsistent header names: Until now I've followed the policy that a header should have the same name as the component it contains, if it contains a single component, and a short descriptive name if it contains several related components. For example, the header regex_filter.hpp contains the single component regex_filter, while the header zlib.hpp contains the component zlib_error, zlib_params, zlib_compressor and zlib_decompressor. This policy has resulted in a peculiar mix of names. For instance, boost/iostreams/filter now contains: bzip2.hpp counter.hpp gzip.hpp line_filter.hpp newline.hpp one_step_filter.hpp regex_filter.hpp stdio_filter.hpp symmetric_filter_adapter.hpp test.hpp zlib.hpp As you can see, some contain "_filter" and some don't, and it all depends on whether the header contains more than one component, which can be hard to remember. I'm thinking of renaming the headers that are curently based on component names so that all headers will have short, simple names. E.g., bzip2.hpp counter.hpp gzip.hpp line.hpp newline.hpp one_step.hpp regex.hpp stdio.hpp symmetric.hpp test.hpp zlib.hpp Thoughts? Best Regards, Jonathan