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

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-17 14:43:18

"Paul Mensonides" <pmenso57_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> > I agree, but I also think it looks like a macro that's supposed to act 
>> > as a syntactic entity.
>> 
>> Only if you misjudge the motivations of the author.
>
> Not really.  My judgement is clear.  It is either a workaround for an editor (or
> editors), a way to please users by making it look like a regular statement, or
> both.  Despite what you say, frankly or otherwise, the last is the motivation.
> It's a transitive situation.  If your motivation is to do what users want, but
> their motivation is X, then the motivation for a design is X.  You aren't
> buffered by the indirection.

No.

If I make knives and my motivation is to make knives that please my
customers, and some customer likes a particular design feature because
it makes the knife an effective murder weapon, that doesn't mean that
the feature is motivated by murder.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com