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

From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-25 01:02:07

David Abrahams wrote:
> "Eric Niebler" <eric_at_[hidden]> writes:

>>Hmmm ... I was aware of the theoretical possibility of this problem,
>>but I didn't know there was actual boost code relying on ADL with
>>std::min/std::max. 
> 
> 
> I don't see the problem.  Wasn't the intention only to replace
> qualified std::min and std::max with (std::min) and (std::max)?
> 

The intention was to remove the min/max hack from win32.hpp, and then 
fix all the places where the min/max macros would otherwise wreak havoc. 
That isn't limitted to qualified called to std::min and std::max. It 
also includes unqualified calls to min/max, and also calls to 
numeric_limits<foo>::max, and the declarations and invocations of all 
min/max member functions.

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Eric Niebler
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