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From: Aaron W. LaFramboise (aaronrabiddog51_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-21 15:30:45


John Torjo wrote:
> Also, why not including windows.h directly, like this:
> #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
> #include <windows.h>

Its nice to avoid this if at all possible. windows.h dumps a whole lot
of stuff into the global namespaces that cause all sorts of problems.
Ideally a Boost header would only include things that were well-behaved
and contained in appropriate namespaces.

Aaron W. LaFramboise


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