Re: [boost] Re: Rationale for library name convention [Was: Dot in Boost Library Names?]

David B. Held wrote:

Kresimir Fresl wrote:

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[...] David.Abrahams Boost.Consulting

Kresimir.Fresl Faculty.Of.Civil.Engineering

Sorry. Can't resist.

Shouldn't that be: "Sorry.Can'tResist"? ;>

"Sorry. Can't resist." is not a name.

MPL "is-a-member-of" Boost. Hence, "Boost.MPL".

Abrahams "is-not-a-member-of" David. Hence, "David Abrahams".

I see the dot operator as the member selection operator, which is why it seemed perfectly natural to me to name libraries with that format.

Dave Abrahams wrote:

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These are not C++ identifiers; they're names.

fres