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

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-18 00:33:06

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

> boost-bounces_at_[hidden]  wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> If you want to please your customers, *knowing* what their motivations are, then
> the motivations are transitive.

No, my motivations are mine, and their motivations are theirs.  I
refuse to accept -- and you have no right to claim -- that someone
else's motivations become mine.  Motivation is a personal phenomenon
like intention and emotion.  The motivated person is the ultimate
authority.

Anyway, this is getting quite silly.  For me this is a technical
issue, not a moral one, and I really don't want to get drawn further
into a philisophical discussion of responsibility.  I don't care all
that much whether the semicolon is included in the macro, and since I
am feeling overwhelmed and somewhat attacked I think I'll probably do
nothing.

But -- sincerely -- thank you anyway for going to the trouble to
respond to my query and make your thoughts on the issue clear.

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