[boost] Suggestion to change a config.hpp macro

From: John Maddock (John_Maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-03-12 07:32:38

>(I moved the "const" to follow the type, since that always works[1].)  Is
>there some subtle point of macro definitions that keeps this from working,
>or did we make a silly oversight?  If it was an oversight, can we change
the
>macro to this form?  Yes, I know that I'm asking for an incompatible
change,
>but the macro is only a few days old, so I don't think that there's too
much
>code to change.  Within Boost 1.21.0 itself, the macro (name) appears 207
>times in 12 files.  It could be updated in approximately a day, probably
by
>a team of people with CVS write access.  (I'll change them if you guys
>insist, but I would have to send Beman a ZIP file to merge into CVS.)

[ long and painful screams snipped ]

I've just finished changing all my use of that macro from the three arg
form back to the two arg form.  Sorry I don't want to make another
pointless change all over again - what difference does it make anyway?

- John Maddock
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