Re: [boost] boost::nil

From: Douglas Gregor (gregod_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-06-08 09:36:00

On Friday 08 June 2001 09:21 am, you wrote:
> Doug,
>
> Unfortunately adding nil will prevent anyone who is building Macintosh
> software from using Boost.
>
> On a Mac, nil is a preprocessor macro included in the system headers as a
> legacy of the days when the OS had a Pascal interface.
>
> Chris

Lowercase nonprefixed macros defined in a system header... How obnoxious.

        Doug