RE: [boost] min/max

From: Saul Tamari (saul_tamari_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-07-05 05:17:56

> ----------
> From: 	Mark Rodgers
> 
> I have some code that uses std::min and std::max.  Of course it doesn't 
> work with MSVC.  The work around I have used is
> 
> #if defined(BOOST_MSVC) && _MSC_VER <= 1200 && !defined(NOMINMAX)
> # undef min
> # undef max
> # define NOMINMAX
> namespace std
> {
>  template<class T> inline const T &max(const T &x, const T &y) 
>     { return x < y ? y : x; }
>  template<class T> inline const T &min(const T &x, const T &y) 
>     { return y < x ? y : x; }
> }
> #endif
> 
        ....

Maybe you should try and buy a more conforming standard library from
dinkumware (for VC++). It implements the min/max functions.

bye
Saul