Re: [boost] painless currying

Subject: Re: [boost] painless currying
From: Paul Mensonides (pmenso57_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-09-03 23:54:39

On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 23:26:57 -0400, Edward Diener wrote:

> On 9/3/2011 4:06 PM, Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr. wrote:

>> the preprocessor may still parse the #elif expression, but it won't be
>> evaluated.  If you want to avoid it being parsed, do
>>
>> #if 1
>> #else
>> #if nonC++gobbledygook
>> #endif
>> #endif
> 
> I understand what you are saying but I still think it is a terrible C++
> inconsistency that #elif is not the same as #else - #if. Then again
> maybe I see it that way because I was never aware of the "difference"
> but I would bet if you asked 100 very good C++ programmers the
> difference between them, 99 would almost immediately say that there is
> no difference, #elif is purely a shorthand for #else - #if.

For the record, I'm not saying that I think it is *good* that gcc is doing 
that.  But, I don't think that the standard forbids it.  Therefore, there 
are only two acceptable options: 1) use the "safe" method and, if 
worthwhile, 2) change the standard.  I don't consider changing gcc and 
relying on unspecified behavior to be an option.

-Paul