Re: [boost] Ticket #2115 Avoid bad Apple macros

Subject: Re: [boost] Ticket #2115 Avoid bad Apple macros
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-14 14:35:58

on Tue Oct 14 2008, "John Maddock" <john-AT-johnmaddock.co.uk> wrote:

> Steven Watanabe wrote:
>>>> Heh, I forgot about that one. Suppose we just
>>>>
>>>>   #define check BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUION check
>>>>
>>>> ?  ;-)
>>>
>>> Won't that cause macro redefinition errors?  Also, how is it
>>> different from 
>>>
>>> #define check check
>
> In fact it's not really any different from:
>
> #undef check
>
> is it?

Programmers are such literalists.  I assumed you would not take that
suggestion seriously, given the winky.

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Dave Abrahams
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