Re: [boost] Re: the boost::signal sample crashes

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-06 10:57:26

At 09:53 AM 8/6/2003, Russell Hind wrote:
 >John Maddock wrote:
 >>
 >> #ifdef __BORLANDC__
 >> #  pragma option push -a8 -b -Vx -Ve -pc -w-8027
 >> #endif
 >>
 >> // code here....
 >>
 >> #ifdef __BORLANDC__
 >> #  pragma option pop
 >> #endif
 >>
 >> We should standardize this boost-wide really in some kind of
 >prefix/suffix
 >> header.
 >>
 >
 >Here is the discussion (it cropped up with signals library there too)
 >
 >http://tinyurl.com/j5xi

 >We had a discussion about this a while back and I am all
 >for it, but people seemed against it.

I don't think people were against the idea of solving the problem, but 
rather there is a need for a unified prefix/suffix header solution such as 
John is suggesting. Developers need a "canned" solution; they can't be 
asked to code #ifdefs and pragmas for compilers they know nothing about.

--Beman