[boost] Re: min, max, GCC 2.95.3, and STLport

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-01 07:46:06

"Eric Niebler" <eric_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Martin Wille wrote:
>> STLPort implements std::min in the namespace _STL.
>> BOOST_USING_STD_MIN() correctly expands to: using _STL   ::min
>> The (shortened) result of preprocessing is:
>> namespace _STL  {
>> template <class _Tp>
>> inline const _Tp& (min)(const _Tp& __a, const _Tp& __b) { return __b
>> < __a ? __b : __a; }
>> template <class _Tp>
>> inline const _Tp& (max)(const _Tp& __a, const _Tp& __b) {  return
>> __a < __b ? __b : __a; }
>> template <class _Tp, class _Compare>
>> inline const _Tp& (min)(const _Tp& __a, const _Tp& __b, _Compare __comp) {
>>   return __comp(__b, __a) ? __b : __a;
>> }
>> template <class _Tp, class _Compare>
>> inline const _Tp& (max)(const _Tp& __a, const _Tp& __b, _Compare __comp) {
>>   return __comp(__a, __b) ? __b : __a;
>> }
>> }
>> (the complete preprocessed source can be found at:
>> http://tinyurl.com/yrflf )
>> I must be blind, I can't spot the line that hoists the contents of
>> _STL:: into std::.
>>
>
>
> It's not there. STLPort must be #defining std to _STL.

Yes, that's what it does.

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