Re: [boost] BOOST_PP array extension proposal

Subject: Re: [boost] BOOST_PP array extension proposal
From: Antoine Leblanc (crucuny_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-09-11 19:05:35

On 11 September 2015 at 23:49, Edward Diener <eldiener_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> If you were using VMD you could use BOOST_VMD_EQUAL ( that's a shameless
> plug for my library )

I'll have a look at it!

> but since we are in Boost PP land you could create
> your own macro for testing purposes which compares each array element's
> numeric value to see if the arrays are equal or not, returning 1 if they are
> not and 0 if they are. Then we are back the way the tests are done comparing
> numeric values at compile time.

That'd work indeed. Meanwhile I've tried the compile-time string
comparison approach, inspired by Scott Schurr's str_const
(http://stackoverflow.com/a/15863826). It already works, but it's not
easily readable... I'll add it to my pull request, you'll tell me
whether you deem it acceptable or not.

-- 
Antoine