[boost] Re: Some remarks on PP docs

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-06-11 02:17:27

"Vesa Karvonen" <vesa_karvonen_at_[hidden]> writes:

> ...while understanding all the consequences of the PP design is obviously
> not necessary for basic PP metaprogramming, I think that it is almost
> impossible to be able to use the PP (and the Boost.PP library) profitably
> (beoyond trivial use of macros like ENUM_PARAMS and REPEAT) without having
> a fairly good understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the PP.

I think I got a lot of useful work done with the PP lib with only a
fairly poor understanding, and once I had done that, it was a lot
easier to improve my understanding from fairly poor to moderately
good.  Actually, the process of getting useful work done in itself did
a lot to deepen my understanding.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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