Re: Version #defines?

From: Daryle Walker (darylew_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-03-12 16:25:11

on 3/11/01 2:49 PM, deansturtevant_at_[hidden] at
deansturtevant_at_[hidden] wrote:

> --- In boost_at_y..., Daryle Walker <darylew_at_m...> wrote:
>> Should we add #defines for the current Boost version?  They probably would go
>> in "config.hpp".  They could go something like:
>> 
>> //===================================
>> #define BOOST_VERSION_MAJOR   1
>> #define BOOST_VERSION_MINOR  21
>> #define BOOST_VERSION_FIX     0
>> //===================================

> Based on recent experience looking at code which tests for the minor version
> of the GCC compiler without testing for the major version, I think separating
> out major from minor in #defines is not a good idea. How about a single
> version number?

That sounds OK.  What about both?  This is with the understanding that only
the single-number version is made for comparisons, and the split version is
for printing only.  See more in my response to Dave.

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