Re: [boost] [preprocessor][dmc] improved dmc conformance

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-21 11:07:20

David Abrahams wrote:
> "Jonathan Turkanis" writes:
>> Jody Hagins wrote:
>>> "Jonathan Turkanis" wrote:

>>>> Walter says he became so frustrated with preprocessor bug reports
>>>> that he rewrote it from the ground up. Good work! ;-)

>>> I'm guessing that he could've used wave, and saved a lot of work,
>>> right?
>>
>> I know he looked at Wave. I think that after conformance, speed,
>> rather than extensibility, was his most important criterion.
>>
>> I also have the feeling he enjoyed the rewrite ;-)
>
> I also have a feeling that DMC isn't conforming enough to compile Wave

Yeah, I guess it might not look good if dmc had to be compiled with some other
compiler. :-)

Jonathan