I like c++ and boost，but write namespace is a boring work for brace-matching. So I write a small util with boost.preprocessor, like below: #ifndef BOOST_NAMESPACE_UTILITY_HPP_ #define BOOST_NAMESPACE_UTILITY_HPP_ #include <boost/preprocessor/seq/for_each.hpp> #define _PP_NS_BEGIN_FUNC(r,data,elem) namespace elem { #define _PP_NS_END_FUNC(r,data,elem) } #define BOOST_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(SEQ) \ BOOST_PP_SEQ_FOR_EACH(_PP_NS_BEGIN_FUNC, ~, SEQ) #define BOOST_ END_ NAMESPACE (SEQ) \ BOOST_PP_SEQ_FOR_EACH(_PP_NS_END_FUNC, ~, SEQ) #endif //BOOST_NAMESPACE_UTILITY_HPP_ Then the code can be more clear and easy-reading: BOOST_BEGIN_NAMESPACE((boost)(asio)(ip)) //namespace boost{namespace asio{namespace ip{ ... //to something BOOST_END_NAMESPACE((boost)(asio)(ip)) //}}} c++11 inline namespace also can work: inline BOOST_BEGIN_NAMESPACE((detail)) ... //to something BOOST_END_NAMESPACE((detail)) I wander to know whether this util could be a part of boost. Thanks a lot.