[boost] [ratio] namespace ratios

Subject: [boost] [ratio] namespace ratios
From: vicente.botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-16 06:15:43

Hi,

Before moving all the classes on  Boost.Ratio from boost:: to boost::ratios:: I wanted to signal that Boost.Ratio follows the names on the C++0x standard and that these names where choosen to be used in the std context and that any class is prefixed by ratio_. If a specific ratios namespace were in their minds, I'm sure that they will not use the  ratio_add<> but just add<>. Please let me know if I'm wrong here.

    typedef boost::ratios::ratio<1, 2> R1;
    typedef boost::ratios::ratio<1, 3> R2;
    typedef boost::ratios::add<R1, R2> R;

If we put all of them in boost::ratios maybe the class names contains redundant information

    typedef boost::ratios::ratio<1, 2> R1;
    typedef boost::ratios::ratio<1, 3> R2;
    typedef boost::ratios::ratio_add<R1, R2> R;

Do the Boost community agree with these names or is this one of the special cases that needs consideration?

Best,
Vicente