[boost] Re: Dot in Boost Library Names?

Rob Stewart <stewart <at> sig.com> writes:

At the risk of discussing the bicycle shed, what about using the scope resolution operator? That, at least, would not be misconstrued by a copyeditor and would be in keeping with C++ syntax.

I had that opinion also until I realized that some boost libraries (like e.g. smart_ptr, thread, etc.) do not reside in their own namespace. So, it would be confusing to write boost::thread or boost::smart_ptr when refering to one of these libraries in a book. Regards, Andreas