[boost] Re: MSVC++ warnings in boost headers (mem_fn.hpp)

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-02 10:24:17

"Pavel Kuznetsov" <pavel_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden]) wrote:
>
> PD> You can't disable the g++ warning with a pragma
>
> Then I suppose the only solution is to check whether given symbol is
> defined before using it in BOOST_WORKAROUND. Does everybody agrees
> to this strategy? I mean, if nobody is against it, I'll make appropriate
> changes and send the diffs. Or rather some voting procedure should be
> followed?

I guess I'm against it, on the grounds that it's both verbose and
error-prone.  

If we *were* going to do that, though, maybe we should simplify
BOOST_WORKAROUND to not deal with the !defined(SYMBOL) case, or even
cause an error if SYMBOL == 0.

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Dave Abrahams
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