[boost] Re: Compiler identification macros (please comment)

From: Miro Jurisic (macdev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-22 23:51:43

In article <uekrke8bn.fsf_at_[hidden]>,
 David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> I see no reason to use names longer than those suggested below.

> >  BOOST_BORLAND
> >  BOOST_COMEAU
> >  BOOST_GNU (1)
> >  BOOST_INTEL
> >  BOOST_MSVC (2)

I would suggest using BOOST_CC_* or BOOST_COMPILER_*, to avoid possible 
ambiguities. For instance, BOOST_INTEL in and of itself does not make it clear 
whether it denotes a compiler-specific kludge or an architecture-specific kludge.

If the full name of the macro is BOOST_FOO, then the assumption is that FOO will 
never be ambiguous within boost. It is therefore a poor choice to make FOO 
contain nothing but a vendor-chosen name, IMO.

meeroh

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