Re: [boost] GSoC Ideas: Optimizing Boost libraries for multi-coremachines

From: Jeff Flinn (TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-03 08:36:57

Giovanni Piero Deretta wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 11:37 PM, Stephen Nuchia <snuchia_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>  > Does #ifdef around #pragma omp indeed work? At least
>>  > #define PARALLEL #pragma omp
>>  > and using PARALLEL does not work.
>>
>>  I think the above may clash with either the definition or an
>>  implementation of #pragma; I can't recall ever successfully using a
>>  macro that expands to any directive.  But that could be because I
>>  haven't tried it in the last twenty years :-)
>>
> 
> I do not think that there is any way for a macro to expand to a directive.

You may want to pose that question to Paul Mensonides. He may have a way 
to get the desired effect with Boost::PP.

Jeff Flinn