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Subject: Re: [boost] [config] Macro for null pointer
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-05 15:20:26


On December 5, 2012 10:15:23 PM "Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr."
<jeffrey.hellrung_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> I think the argument is that it's inconvenient when things do break. Much
> more inconvenient (and potentially less obvious to diagnose) than the
> inconvenience associated with requiring the user to explicitly bring the
> nullptr identifier into their desired use scope each time (which, IMHO, is
> not so bad).

I guess that's where our views differ. I prefer normal usage to be as
straightforward as possible. OTOH, it is acceptable for problem solving
to require some additional effort.


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