Re: [boost] PREPROCESSOR data structures

From: Douglas Gregor (gregod_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-18 08:49:33

On Tuesday 18 December 2001 06:47 am, you wrote:
> I think that a big part of the readability problem is caused by the 18
> character prefix:
>
>   BOOST_PREPROCESSOR
>   123456789012345678

I often wondered why we ended up choosing such a lengthy prefix, when 
something shorter (i.e., BOOST_PP) would suffice. In fact, I think a shorter 
prefix would be more readable in this case, because preprocessor 
metaprogramming is very whitespace-sensitive, sometimes causing very long 
lines to be required; the long prefix makes these lines REALLY long, and 
hides the intent.

        Doug