Is there a policy about filename case within boost? At least windows does not distinguish between upper and lower case. So a developer using windows might too easily miss this fact which can result in code that compiles on windows and not on unix. So I'd expect that there is a policy e.g. requiring all lower case filenames. In my opinion this also should be checked by a pre-commit hook. Roland aka speedsnail
Roland Schwarz wrote:
Is there a policy about filename case within boost?
At least windows does not distinguish between upper and lower case. So a developer using windows might too easily miss this fact which can result in code that compiles on windows and not on unix.
So I'd expect that there is a policy e.g. requiring all lower case filenames. In my opinion this also should be checked by a pre-commit hook.
Agreed, the pre-commit checks should save us from ourselves :-) John.
John Maddock wrote:
Roland Schwarz wrote:
Is there a policy about filename case within boost?
At least windows does not distinguish between upper and lower case. So a developer using windows might too easily miss this fact which can result in code that compiles on windows and not on unix.
So I'd expect that there is a policy e.g. requiring all lower case filenames. In my opinion this also should be checked by a pre-commit hook.
Agreed, the pre-commit checks should save us from ourselves :-)
Sure, but one warning. Some of those checks will not make sense for all the files in SVN. -- -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Redshift Software, Inc. - http://redshift-software.com -- rrivera/acm.org - grafik/redshift-software.com -- 102708583/icq - grafikrobot/aim - grafikrobot/yahoo
on Mon Aug 06 2007, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
John Maddock wrote:
Roland Schwarz wrote:
Is there a policy about filename case within boost?
At least windows does not distinguish between upper and lower case. So a developer using windows might too easily miss this fact which can result in code that compiles on windows and not on unix.
So I'd expect that there is a policy e.g. requiring all lower case filenames. In my opinion this also should be checked by a pre-commit hook.
Agreed, the pre-commit checks should save us from ourselves :-)
Sure, but one warning. Some of those checks will not make sense for all the files in SVN.
Jamfile, anyone? -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com The Astoria Seminar ==> http://www.astoriaseminar.com
David Abrahams wrote:
Sure, but one warning. Some of those checks will not make sense for all the files in SVN.
Jamfile, anyone?
Sure, and maybe "Makefile" as well. For source files though, it's basically evil to have mixed case names. Or have we dropped that requirement? John.
on Tue Aug 07 2007, "John Maddock" <john-AT-johnmaddock.co.uk> wrote:
David Abrahams wrote:
Sure, but one warning. Some of those checks will not make sense for all the files in SVN.
Jamfile, anyone?
Sure, and maybe "Makefile" as well. For source files though, it's basically evil to have mixed case names. Or have we dropped that requirement?
No -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com The Astoria Seminar ==> http://www.astoriaseminar.com
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