[boost] Re: config, workaround of bug in variant's compiler bugworkaround on gcc

From: Eric Friedman (ebf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-12 14:34:37

John,

John Maddock wrote:
[snip]
> Everything in suffix.hpp is generic macro workarounds - it's not dependent
> upon specific compilers just whether the appropriate macro is defined.
>
> I think you are going to have to use a dirty workaround here: check for
gcc
> before using BOOST_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_TYPE(void)
>  in this particular case.

I've added BOOST_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_TYPE_SPEC (and so on) helper macros to
suffix.hpp to address this situation. They declare a pointer but without a
default value.

 - Eric