[boost] Re: Rational Numbers - abs() again

From: jsiek_at_[hidden]
Date: 1999-12-19 15:43:57

Paul Moore writes:
 > > The thing to do is define another macro, something like MSVCPP,
 > > which you define only when it is really VC++, and then use this
 > > macro to protect the workarounds.
 > 
 > But then the *user* would need to define it in his builds. No - the compiler
 > defines a macro which identifies itself. Other compilers shouldn't define it as

I meant to suggest that you put the MSVCPP macro in your library's
config header, with something like this:

#if defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__MWERKS__) ...
#define MSVCPP
#endif

Ciao,

Jeremy