Re: [boost] extra semicolons

From: Paul Mensonides (pmenso57_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-19 16:05:56

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Jason McCarty

> 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)

I don't.  I think that it increases the complexity of the macro for the only
purpose of making the macro use look like its a regular syntactic element--which
I don't think is a good idea, and therefore don't do it.

Regards,
Paul Mensonides