Re: [boost] extra semicolons

From: Dave Steffen (dgsteffen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-19 15:46:58

Jason McCarty writes:
 > Paul Mensonides wrote:
 > > Incidentally, this should automatically be:
 > > 
 > > if (something) {
 > >     MACRO_INVOCATION(); // semicolon argument aside
 > > }
 > > else
 > >     ...
 > > 
 > > Because if the macro expands to statement, it could just as
 > > easily expand to a series of statements.
 > 
 > But doesn't everybody wrap those in do-while loops? I.e.,
 >   #define FOO do { bar; baz; } while (false)

 That's only for macros which are used like function calls.  Macros
 that, for example, define families of related functions, can't use
 that trick.

 There _is_ a trick that can be used if you want those kind of macros
 to be followed by a semicolon; all the recent heat around this topic
 amounts to whether or not that should be done.

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