Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost 1.54.0 Header Warnings: Shadowed Variables
From: Tom Browder (tom.browder_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-11-13 13:32:03
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Niall Douglas
<s_sourceforge_at_[hidden]> wrote:
...
> I personally deliberately and intentionally shadow both variable and
> type names in non-public namespaces where doing so significantly
> eases my maintenance costs.
I can't address how shadowing eases your maintenance costs (but I
would be interested to hear how).
> None of this pollutes any public namespace - I therefore see no
Well, Niall, I disagree. Your headers are very much in the user's
space and any problems are also the user's problems.
Best regards,
-Tom