Opened 13 years ago
Closed 12 years ago
#3812 closed Bugs (fixed)
global namespace polution
| Reported by: | John Maddock | Owned by: | Anthony Williams |
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| Milestone: | Boost 1.42.0 | Component: | thread |
| Version: | Boost Development Trunk | Severity: | Problem |
| Keywords: | Cc: |
Description
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.
Boost.Thread has a number of extern "C" symbols:
at_thread_exit on_process_exit on_process_enter on_thread_enter on_thread_exit
Which should presumably be renamed to have boost-specific names, maybe "boost_thread_at_thread_exit" etc?
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