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By the way, can I open a flame war on this list? :-D

What's about getting ublas out of the namespace numeric. The sub-namespace
numeric has never been used as expected in the early days:
- in most of the code I saw so far, people are doing a using namespace
boost::numeric.
- you can't seriously type boost::numeric::ublas::fct(x,y) like you type
std::fct(x,y). I mean, std is 3 characters only.
- can we find a way to inject a new boost::ublas into boost::numeric to
keep backward compatibility

As ublas is going through massive changes and improvements (thanks Cem,
Stefan, Paul, Thomas, <put your name here>,...), it's about time to think
about these little details too which would give ublas a new face and
simplify users' life.

Cheers,
David

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ll">- in most of the code I saw so far, people are doing a using namespace =
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ily:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">- can we find a way to inje=
ct a new boost::ublas into boost::numeric to keep backward compatibility</d=
iv><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-s=
erif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-=
family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">As ublas is going throug=
h massive changes and improvements (thanks Cem, Stefan, Paul, Thomas, &lt;p=
ut your name here&gt;,...), it&#39;s about time to think about these little=
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.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sa=
ns-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"f=
ont-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Cheers,</div><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-=
size:small">David<br></div></div>

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