Re: [boost] Suggested coding guidelines

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-07-04 06:38:56

From: "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_[hidden]>
> That's the idea, but it's just so that if you write two headers on the
same
> day they get different #include guards. Others propose putting the path to
> the header in the include guard, which, when combined with mangling:
>
>     BOOST_PYTHON_DETAIL_EXTENSION_CLASS_DWA07022001_H_
>
> has no significant advantages over the simpler mangled name:
>
>     EXTENSION_CLASS_DWA07022001_H_

FWIW, I use

SUBDIR_HEADER_HPP_INCLUDED

for

<subdir/header.hpp>

which works fine for me _and_ makes the guard name predictable (useful for
external guards.)

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Peter Dimov
Multi Media Ltd.