Re: [boost] Re: [Config] Testing instructions for compiler vendors

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-16 19:03:13

"Paul Mensonides" <pmenso57_at_[hidden]> writes:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]>
>
>> I understand what you're saying, but I think "inline if" doesn't
>> reflect what it's doing and IIF is still not memnonic.
>
> It ultimately from (don't laugh) VB's version of the ternary
> operator--called "iif."  

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> It is not semantically exactly the same, but it is "similar" in the
> C++ inlining sense.  

No _way_!

> For better or for worse, that is its name.

Worse ;-)

> Inversion?  You'd just have to swap the 1 and 0:  "expr ? 0 : 1" versus
> "expr ? 1 : 0".

Oh, OK. I don't care, really.

>> I have no problem with it, but I'd like to hear at least one more
>> opinion (other than Gennaro's) before we move forward with it.  This
>> macro will be used in every Boost library, so if people find it
>> terribly odious it will be a failure.
>
> I'm not asserting that it should be done this way.  Rather, I'm just
> saying that this (or something similar) is possible if that is what you
> want.
>
> It seems like a total overkill to me.  The benefit does not pay for
> the implied complexity.  

I sympathize with that POV.

> On the plus side, it is clever ;) and yields a clean syntax.
> However, I still think that the use of the pp-lib is fine and
> represents an acceptable dependency, but in this particular case,
> it's overdoing it--IMHO.

Yeah, it's kinda heavyweight.  Since you and Gennaro agree, I think
I'll opt out unless someone argues strongly for it.

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