Re: [boost] Preprocessor: Nested loops

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-21 08:31:32

"Martin Bonner" <martin.bonner_at_[hidden]> writes:

> There is a third model - don't use the C++ preprocessor, but use a more
> general purpose text transformation tool like M4, or awk/perl/python, or
> a custom tool written with bison or boost::Spirit.
>
> I'm not knocking the preprocessor library with that suggestion.  An
> external tool would be no use for a library like boost where it is very
> difficult to control the compilation system.  Furthermore, the heroics
> involved in implementing the boost preprocessor library mean that using
> it is remarkably simple.  
>
> I just wanted to point out that there is always another option.

Some of use started out using that option and after finding it to be
inferior in a number of ways, switched to using the preprocessor
library.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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