Re: [boost] [ongoing review of binary_int] reviewers for smallutility wanted

From: Matt Calabrese (rivorus_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-21 21:26:14

On 10/21/05, Paul Mensonides <pmenso57_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Other then the ability to tack UL (etc.) onto the
> end, it isn't a great strength that the macro produces a literal--only
> that it
> produces a compile-time constant suitably typed.

Another somewhat nice side-effect is that since it resolves to an octal
literal, you get a more readable error message if your value is too large.
For instance, in VC++ 7.1, if I try to make a literal over 8 bytes in size,
I get a single, easy-to-read message, which is consistent with the errors
I'd get with hex or octal literals:

error C2177: constant too big

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-Matt Calabrese