Re: [boost] A compile-time-counter code snippet for boost

Subject: Re: [boost] A compile-time-counter code snippet for boost
From: Louis Dionne (ldionne.2_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-09-21 12:08:43

Igor V. Chesnokov <ichesnokov <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel
> 
> 
> // Copyright (C) 2005 Igor Chesnokov, mailto:ichesnokov <at> 
> // gmail.com (VC 6.5,VC 7.1 + 
counter code)
> // Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Peder Holt (VC 7.0 + framework)
> // Copyright (C) 2006 Steven Watanabe (VC 8.0)
> 
> // Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
> // License, Version 1.0. (http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
> 
> #ifndef BOOST_TYPEOF_MSVC_TYPEOF_IMPL_HPP_INCLUDED
> # define BOOST_TYPEOF_MSVC_TYPEOF_IMPL_HPP_INCLUDED
> 
> # include <boost/config.hpp>
> # include <boost/detail/workaround.hpp>
> # include <boost/mpl/int.hpp>
> # include <boost/type_traits/is_function.hpp>
> # include <boost/utility/enable_if.hpp>
> 
> # if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC,>=1310)
> #  include <typeinfo>
> # endif
>
> [snip a lot]

I'm not sure you should expect people to spend some time understanding this
if you do not provide any additional information. Don't get me wrong; a 
compile-time counter seems like an interesting thing to have in Boost, but 
posting this 300 LOC header as-is is not the best way to get things going IMHO.

What is this and what is it useful for?

Regards,
Louis