On Feb 26, 2012, at 10:50 AM, lcaminiti wrote:
Hello all,
I have an aesthetic question. Boost.Algorithm puts C++11 algorithms like all_of into a directory boost/algorithm/cxx11. Would the directory name boost/algorithm/cpp11 be preferred?
I think for file names .cpp and .hpp are Boost choice over .cxx and .hxx. But for directory names instead cxx11 is Boost choice over cpp11? Similarly, shall macros that refer to C++11 be named BOOST_..._CPP11_... or BOOST_..._CXX11_...? In general, shall Boost refer to C++11 as cpp11/CPP11 or cxx11/CXX11? Given that .cpp/.hpp is Boost choice for file names over .cxx/.hxx, I'd think cpp11/CPP11 would be Boost choice over cxx11/CXX11...
P.S. I have a similar situation in Boost.Contract where I want to put macros to parse C++11 keywords (override, final, etc) in a separated directory and I want to name that directory cxx11 or cpp11 consistently with other Boost libraries (so users don't have to remember different conventions).
Just to let you know, the directory boost/algorithm/cxx11 has not been a part of any boost release yet (it will be part of1.50), so changing it should not break any existing code. As to using cxx11 vs cpp11, I don't really have a preference. -- Marshall Marshall Clow Idio Software <mailto:mclow.lists@gmail.com> A.D. 1517: Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to the church door and is promptly moderated down to (-1, Flamebait). -- Yu Suzuki