Re: Suggestion to change a config.hpp macro

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

on 3/11/01 11:41 PM, David Abrahams at abrahams_at_[hidden] wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daryle Walker" <darylew_at_[hidden]>
> 
>> I have made such an archive of the changed files.  It should be called
>> "boost_x.zip" in the vault.  I changed the macro to take the constant
>> separately from its value, changed the " = " to ", " in the macro calls,
>> removed some (hopefully) superfluous parentheses, and some trailing spaces
>> (if I noticed them at the end of a file).  It only took me one-and-a-half
>> hours to do it.  However, I did _not_ compile the new files, so Beman or
>> whoever has to check that first.
> 
> Why would anyone want to make this change? I introduced the macro, but there
> was precedent for it in Alexey's work. It was well-considered as written, as
> far as I can tell. Why mess with it?

The macro has been around?  Was this issue I brought up discussed then?  I
put up the archive just so implementation wouldn't be an issue.  So now all
we have to do is debate whether or not it should be changed.  I guess that
eventually, I'll withdraw it or Beman would incorporate it.

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Daryle Walker
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