Re: Rename cxx1998 into normal

[Jonathan Wakely <jwakely at redhat dot com>]

On 26/10/17 21:45 +0200, François Dumont wrote:
> On 26/10/2017 19:09, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> > On 26/10/17 18:55 +0200, Daniel Krügler wrote:
> > > 2017-10-26 7:51 GMT+02:00 François Dumont <frs.dumont@gmail.com>:
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > >     We once talk about rename the __cxx1998 namespace into 
> > > > something less
> > > > C++98 biased. Here is the patch to do so.
> > > >
> > > >     Ok with the new name ?
> > >
> > > IMO the name should somehow still contain "cxx" somewhere, otherwise
> > > this could easily cause a semantic ambiguity in situations, where the
> > > term "normal" has a specific meaning.
> > >
> > > What about "__cxxdef[ault]" ?
> >
> > I'm not sure we need to change it at all. The name is anachronistic,
> > but harmless.
> As part of this message:
>
> https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2016-09/msg00076.html
>
> I thought that you also wanted to rename it. But I simply 
> misunderstood, it is fine with me to keep it this way.

I was objecting to creating a new namespace called __cxx1998_a,
because for a new one we can choose any name. For the existing one I
don't really _like_ the name, but I don't think we need to change it.