Andreas Huber <ah2003@gmx.net> writes:
David Abrahams <dave <at> boost-consulting.com> writes:
"Andreas Huber" <ah2003 <at> gmx.net> writes:
That would be one possibility. However I think the double colon still hints too much in the direction that there is a namespace called Boost::Thread. Boosters of course know that namespace identifiers are lowercase, but an outsider maybe doesn't. Since we can't consistently name libs after the namespace they're residing in I now totally agree with Dave that we should choose a naming convention that has obviously nothing to do with C++ identifiers whatsoever. Plus, Dave's convention has the advantage that only very few people need to change the names in the docs/books, etc.
Does that change your vote?
I guess you ask because of the word "totally". Sorry, not *that* totally ;-). When I wrote "Dave's convention" I meant the one with captitalized names and one dot between the names (Boost.Python) as opposed to the one I preferred (boost::python). This has nothing to do with the vote.
Thanks for clarifying. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com