Re: [boost] Preprocessor: Nested loops

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-17 13:44:52

Simon Carter <simon.carter_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 04:58:20AM -0800, Paul Mensonides wrote:
>
>> 
>> If I enter the current documentation, then first I get to the
>> short introduction page with a link to the chapter from the mpl
>> book, which is based on earlier chapter in the book, and thus
>> cannot be used as an introduction.
>
> [snip]
>
> Completely & utterly agree. I only learnt how to use BOOST_PP by reading the
> source, and that can't be right.

Knowing what the code to be generated means has nothing to do with
knowing how to generate it.  Did you really try to understand that
tutorial, or did you just give up when it seemed to refer back to
earlier material you hadn't read?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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