2009/9/21 Simonson, Lucanus J <lucanus.j.simonson@intel.com>:
Joachim Faulhaber wrote:
the Interval Template Library is now in a state where I think it does conform the requirements and guidelines for boost libraries fairly well.
(Markus Werle) Actually I am very unlucky with the name "itl".
I'd suggest naming it either Interval Set--boost::interval_set or Interval Set Library--boost::isl.
after pondering for a while I tend to prefer this name Compact Associative Containers boost::compass I think this name is appropriate with respect to scope and level of abstraction. * The lib provides containers * It implements sets and maps which are known as associative containers. * It implements them exploiting a compact representation (intervals) * The central requirements of the compact representations is that key elements of the containers are LessThan *comp*arable. So the acronym compass can also express that the domain_type of the *ass*ociative containers has to be *comp*arable. * The name omits 'interval' which prevents one of the most frequent misunderstandings that the library's interval_sets are sets of intervals or that interval_maps map intervals to values. Instead they are associative containers of elements in a compact implementation *using* intervals. Thoughts? -- Joachim