max, min, VC++6 and 7

From: soulofsealion (dworthem_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-14 13:20:07

Could someone provide me a brief explanation as to why max and min 
are redefined in \boost\config\suffix.hpp and 
\boost\config\platform\win32.hpp.  It appears that the reason is that 
the max and min macros defined in windef.h are not type safe.

Also, in user application code, would it be recommended to always use 
the _MAX and _MIN macros in VC++ 6 and 7 so that the STL 
implementations are always used, and just reserve explicit max and 
min for the Boost library code?