Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #6973: BOOST_PP_LIMIT_REPEAT does not work on Visual Studio 2008/2010

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #6973: BOOST_PP_LIMIT_REPEAT does not work on Visual Studio 2008/2010
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-05-18 15:07:21

#6973: BOOST_PP_LIMIT_REPEAT does not work on Visual Studio 2008/2010
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  Reporter:  Jonathan Jones <jonathan.jones@…>  |      Owner:  no-
      Type:  Bugs                               |  maintainer
 Milestone:  To Be Determined                   |     Status:  closed
   Version:  Boost 1.49.0                       |  Component:  preprocessor
Resolution:  fixed                              |   Severity:  Problem
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Comment (by eldiener):

 You are asking for the various limits to be different depending on the
 compiler and its version. I don't think this is desirable. Even
 determining at what point a compiler limit has been reached for any given
 Boost PP processing is an indeterminate thing.

 I understand your problem, but it is a compiler problem not a Boost PP
 problem. Boost PP does go out of its way to work with the vagaries of
 different compilers, VC++ being among them since its preprocessor is
 heavily non-standard and as you have found it has further limitations, but
 trying to "fix" VC++ in this area is impossible.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6973#comment:5>
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