[boost] Re: Re: Re: Formal Review: FOREACH macro

From: Jeff Flinn (TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-02 08:13:16

"Iain K. Hanson" <ikh_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:20050501235133.A23277_at_titan.hansons.demon.co.uk...
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 09:25:44PM -0400, Joe Gottman wrote:
>>
>> "Iain K. Hanson" <ikh_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
>> news:20050501003902.A21749_at_titan.hansons.demon.co.uk...
>> > This will be the first time we accept a macro into boost ( aside from
>> > boost PP)
>> > and I just think this sends the wrong message.
>>
>>    Actually, this isn't true.  we accepted BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT into boost
>> quite a while ago. Note that the standards committee is seriously
>> considering adding static assertions to the core (see
>> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2004/n1720.html).
>
> Yes, but BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT is a library writers tool, not really for end 
> users.

Please don't make me take it out of my applications. :-) Seriously, from my 
experience, as a non-library-writer, I use it in several places to ensure I 
don't do something stupid in the future.

Jeff Flinn