Re: [boost] Proposed Boost config macro

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-07 17:24:10

"Mark Rodgers" <mark.rodgers_at_[hidden]> writes:

> 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 like it!

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

Of course. My suggestion would have just been used thus:

    #ifdef BOOST_NO_NON_RETURN_PATH_COMPREHENSION
           return whatever;
    #endif

But I like yours better.
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