Re: [boost] Cxx dual library

Subject: Re: [boost] Cxx dual library
From: Gottlob Frege (gottlobfrege_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-06-03 17:53:26

On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Edward Diener <eldiener_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On 6/2/2016 5:40 PM, Vicente J. Botet Escriba wrote:
>>
>> Le 02/06/2016 à 20:55, Edward Diener a écrit :
>>>
>>> I have finished all the main work on the Cxx dual library at
>>> https://github.com/eldiener/cxx_dual. The library is also in the Boost
>>> Library Incubator at
>>>
>>> http://rrsd.com/blincubator.com/bi_library/cxx_dual-2/?gform_post_id=1597.
>>>
>>
>> * Have you considered adding a new namespace and import the definitions
>> from either boost or the standard library, so that the use of macros
>> will be reduced and adding some non intrusive adaptation would be
>> possible?
>
>
> No, because that leads to complications which are beyond the scope of what I
> was trying to do. I am not as afraid of macros as you appear to be.

Luke: I won't fail you. I'm not afraid.
Yoda: You will be. You... will... be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzmpXz5d2z0

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Macros are evil.  I'd appreciate more work from a library author if it
meant less use of macros by the library users.  Even when I'm the
library author.

Tony