Re: [boost] Re: building shared boost libraries

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-05 18:58:07

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rogeeff" <rogeeff_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 12:31 PM
Subject: [boost] Re: building shared boost libraries

> --- In boost_at_y..., Rene Rivera <grafik666_at_r...> wrote:
> > #ifndef BOOST_VERSION_DEF
> > #define BOOST_VERSION_DEF
> > #define BOOST_VERSION_STRING  "Boost 1.27"
> > #define BOOST_VERSION_MAJOR  1
> > #define BOOST_VERSION_MINOR  27
> > #define BOOST_VERSION_SUBMINOR  0
> > #define BOOST_VERSION  102700
> > #endif
> 
> Is there any specific reasons to prefer defines over const variables?

Conditional compilation using #if is impossible with const variables