"Jeff Garland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 16:50:09 -0400, David Abrahams wrote >> I'm just getting started with the date_time library, and I think I'm >> gonna like it. > > Let's hope so! > >> I have some quibbles with the naming choices though >> (shocking! me of all people!) For example, why is the nested >> namespace called posix_time instead of, simply, posix? Once you're > > Seemed clearer to me that it would be limited to time and not presume to > encompass all of posix. > >> in a date_time context it seems to me that _time adds nothing. >> Similarly, what's the "p" in ptime stand for? I can guess, but I >> can guess it's also redundant ;-) > > My first choice was 'time'. However, as I recall I ran into some nasty macros > that interfered with that name, sigh. time_point would be another > possibility, but it is longer. I'm certainly open to suggestions...
Disable the macros where neccessary? You can do it temporarily and provide an alias typedef. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
