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Subject: Re: [boost] [config] MSVC feature-test macros
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-06-28 20:36:35


On 6/28/2018 2:11 PM, Stephan T. Lavavej via Boost wrote:
> [degski]
>> I understand this is not really related, but on the issue of macros any way.
>> In rpcndr.h there's a macro "#define small char"
>
> Yeah, that's a highly improper identifier to macroize. I scanned the Windows SDK back in Nov 2017 for such macros and reported a list of them - I'm checking on the status of that request now.

What does Microsoft have against macros that are capitalized, which has
been the acknowledged convention for macros for a long time now.

>
> Thanks,
> STL


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