id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
3809,global namespace polution,John Maddock,chris_kohlhoff,"As noted in this thread: http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2010/01/160448.php all global symbols whether macros or extern ""C"" functions should start with a ""boost_"" prefix - both to avoid polluting the global namespace as far as is possible, and to make boost-related symbols readily identifiable and searchable.

Asio has the global symbol ""asio_detail_posix_thread_function"" which should probably be ""boost_asio_detail_posix_thread_function"".",Bugs,closed,Boost 1.42.0,asio,Boost Development Trunk,Problem,fixed,,