[boost] Re: macros in header files???

From: Nathan Myers (ncm_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-07-01 12:46:48

Nico wrote: 
> Dave Abrahams wrote:
> > #ifndef __SGI_STL_INTERNAL_FUNCTION_H
> > # define compose1 compose_f_gx
> > # define compose2 compose_f_gx_hx
> > #endif
> > 
> > Why would anyone do that?
> 
> This is to honor the fact that the SGI implementation
> uses compose1 and compose2 instead of compose_f_gx and compose_f_gx_hx
> for years now ...

You don't need macros for that.  You can provide duplicate
definitions, or inlines that call the official names.

BTW: Is the sense of the #ifndef, above, correct?

Nathan Myers
ncm_at_[hidden]

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