Re: [boost] BOOST_WORKAROUND and gcc warnings

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-27 10:17:13

on Sun Aug 26 2007, "John Maddock" <john-AT-johnmaddock.co.uk> wrote:

>>> Then for common pp-symbols we add:
>>>
>>> #define BOOST_WORKAROUND_GUARD_BOOST_MSVC !defined(BOOST_MSVC)
>>>
>>> And hopefully the warnings get suppressed: at least in the common cases.
>>
>> Looks good to me.  In which non-error cases would it fail to suppress
>> the warning?
>
> It wouldn't suppress the warning if you use BOOST_WORKAROUND with a macro 
> name it doesn't know about: but it would at least still do the right thing 
> (where as the original suggestion wouldn't have done so).  That's the idea 
> anyway, needs testing locally etc...  I'll wait till the regression tests 
> are back on line in any case before taking this any further.

I think that's the best we can hope for.  Good job, everyone!

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