Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #1740: date_time includes <windows.h>

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #1740: date_time includes <windows.h>
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-17 15:15:51

#1740: date_time includes <windows.h>
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  Reporter:  Anteru@…              |       Owner:  az_sw_dude         
      Type:  Bugs                  |      Status:  reopened           
 Milestone:  Boost 1.36.0          |   Component:  date_time          
   Version:  Boost 1.39.0          |    Severity:  Problem            
Resolution:                        |    Keywords:  windows.h date_time
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Changes (by anonymous):

  * keywords:  => windows.h date_time
  * status:  closed => reopened
  * version:  Boost 1.35.0 => Boost 1.39.0
  * resolution:  fixed =>

Comment:

 If you do include windows.h anywhere in boost, you need the following two
 lines of code just above it:

 {{{
 #undef  WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN  // add this...
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN  // ...and this
 #include <windows.h>
 }}}

 Otherwise, if some other 3rd party lib includes <windows.h>, it will break
 the build unless the header files are in a very specific order, which is
 extremely tedious to maintain.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1740#comment:6>
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