Beman Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 03:05 AM 12/16/2002, Vladimir Prus wrote: > > >Beman Dawes wrote: > >> A large number of changes to the Filesystem Library have been > committed >> to the CVS main trunk. > > > >Hi Beman, > > > >I've some comments: > > > >1. The name 'root_directory' is confusing for me. 'directory' implies > > you can stick anywhere dir there, whilie only "/" is allowed. > > Unfortunetely, nothing better comes to mind. > > I've agonized over the names of many of the functions, and feel that > the current names are a real improvement over earlier names. Both the > individual names, and the names as they relate to one another are > better. > > Nevertheless, if anyone can come up with still better names I'll > welcome the improvement:-)
Given the remarks above, "root" might be an improvement over "root_directory"... though I admit I don't have a clue about the context. -- David Abrahams [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.boost-consulting.com Boost support, enhancements, training, and commercial distribution _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost