Re: [boost] Macros at namespace scope: trailing semicolon?

From: Arkadiy Vertleyb (vertleyb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-14 16:33:08

"Paul Mensonides" <pmenso57_at_[hidden]> wrote in message

> I'm against just about anything that attempts to make a macro invocation
look
> more like regular code.  This is nothing but a workaround for an editor
(of all
> things).

So what's wrong with a workaround for an editor?

> The macro invocation is not a declaration, it does not fit into the
> syntax model of C++, and it should not be made to look like it
does--regardless
> of what it expands to.

Aren't most macros used to expand into a legal c++ code fragment
([meta]function call, class/template definition, etc.)?  As such, why
shouldn't they be designed to fit nicely into the c++ syntax?  Otherwise
macros are inconvenient to use, and this is just one more argument for those
who claim macros should be avoided at any cost.

Regards,
Arkadiy