Re: [boost] Re: win32.hpp and min/max macros

From: Dave Harris (brangdon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-05 10:38:13

In-Reply-To: <020401c3d126$c6d89130$b9510352_at_fuji>
john_at_[hidden] (John Maddock) wrote (abridged):
> > There are known ways of dealing with this problem. Putting parens 
> > around the min and max identifiers prevents the macro invocation. For 
> > instance,
> >
> >      std::max( a, b );  ==>  (std::max)( a, b );
> >
> > and
> >
> >      struct foo {            struct foo {
> >          int max();     ==>      int (max)();
> >      };                      };
> 
> True, but it's a horrible fix [...]

In my own Windows code I avoid the names min and max altogether. Would it 
be feasible to add a boost::Min and boost::Max ? That is, are there any 
situations like the struct foo where max is part of the published boost 
API?

Are there any other "known ways" which should be considered before 
updating the boost source?

-- Dave Harris, Nottingham, UK