Re: [boost] BOOST_FORCE_INLINE

Subject: Re: [boost] BOOST_FORCE_INLINE
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-10-10 17:27:32

On 10/10/2011 09:03 PM, Vicente J. Botet Escriba wrote:

> I don't know if the better place to define these macros is in the
> suffix.hpp file. This file is intendeed to define macros that can be
> defined independently of compiler versions or platforms. IMO the good
> place is to include them in the specific compiler file, and define them
> as empty in suffix if not already defined.
>
> boost/config/suffix.hpp
>
> #if !defined(BOOST_FORCEINLINE)
> #define BOOST_FORCEINLINE inline
> #endif
>
>
> boost/config/compiler/gcc.hpp
>
> # if defined(__GNUC__)&& __GNUC__> 3
> # define BOOST_FORCEINLINE inline __attribute__ ((always_inline))
> # endif
>
> boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
>
> # define BOOST_FORCEINLINE __forceinline

Those macros are for compilers that behave like GCC and those that 
behave like MSVC, and are not restricted to the real GCC or MSVC; I 
don't know if placing them in those files will be enough.

Also, it seems to me those files are only used for the BOOST_NO_XXX 
family of macros.