Re: [boost] [system] WinCE patch for FormatMessageA

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-02 09:01:20

Beman Dawes wrote:
> David Deakins wrote:
>> Windows CE does not supply the ANSI version of FormatMessage (only 
>> FormatMessageW).  The attached patch substitutes FormatMessageW-based 
>> code in this case.
> 
> I've applied the patch, but am concerned about the name of the 
> BOOST_NO_ANSI_APIS macro.
> 
> For clarity, I'd prefer the name indicate that this is a Windows 
> workaround. Perhaps BOOST_NO_WINDOWS_ANSI_API?
> 
> Is this something used by other libraries? If it is specific to 
> Boost.System, I'd prefer BOOST_SYSTEM_NO_WINDOWS_ANSI_API.

Hum... Wouldn't it be better to use the _WIN32_WCE predefined macro? 
That way the user doesn't have to configure anything.

--Beman