Re: [boost] Proposed Boost config macro

From: Mark Rodgers (mark.rodgers_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-07 17:03:40

From: "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]>
> "John Maddock" <jm_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
> >> If this fails to compile, we may need to add a dummy "return 0;" at
> >> the end. I know of two compilers which act this way: Metrowerks and
> >> HP.
> >
> > What do you want to call it?
> 
> I'm not happy with it, but...
> 
> BOOST_NO_NON_RETURN_PATH_COMPREHENSION is the best I could come up
> with :(

What about having

  BOOST_UNREACHABLE_RETURN(0)
or
  BOOST_UNREACHABLE_RETURN("")

I think we need to "return" values for types other than int.

Mark