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Subject: Re: [boost] [algorithm] aesthetic question about cxx11
From: Pyry Jahkola (pyry.jahkola_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-17 06:02:38


On 2012-03-15 04:12:54 +0000, Gottlob Frege said:

> Recall that CPP can refer to the C preprocessor, so CXX is better for
> macros.
>
> CPP can mean a lot of things. Do we really use it to mean C preprocessor
> that much?

FWIW, the Boost.Preprocessor library uses just "PP" (BOOST_PP_*) to
mean the C preprocessor.

I think the connection between "CPP" and "C++" is pretty strong in the
context of Boost, stronger than "CXX" and "C++".

-- 
Pyry Jahkola

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