From fcd04906748421e931810223640e5f9d498a3396 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksey Gurtovoy <agurtovoy@meta-comm.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 07:43:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add 'acronyms as ordinary words' guideline

[SVN r15991]
---
 more/lib_guide.htm | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/more/lib_guide.htm b/more/lib_guide.htm
index 22d85dc6d6..62ca469eb3 100644
--- a/more/lib_guide.htm
+++ b/more/lib_guide.htm
@@ -173,8 +173,9 @@ library, but a reasonable effort to comply is expected.</p>
 <ul>
   <li>Use the lowercase/underscore <a href="#Naming">naming conventions</a> of
     the C++ standard library.&nbsp; Template parameter names begin with an
-    uppercase letter. Macro (gasp!) names should be all uppercase and begin with
-    BOOST_.</li>
+    uppercase letter. Macro (gasp!) names should be all uppercase and begin with 
+    BOOST_. Acronyms should be treated as ordinary words 
+    (e.g. <code>xml_parser</code> instead of <code>XML_parser</code>). </li>
 </ul>
 <ul>
   <li>Choose meaningful names - explicit is better than implicit, and readability counts.