Re: [Boost-Users] Re: Re: boost::signals build and C++Builder 6 Pro in 1.29.0

From: Douglas Gregor (gregod_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-03-04 22:58:28

On Tuesday 04 March 2003 10:16 pm, Edward Diener wrote:
> Beman Dawes wrote:
> > Have you considered proposing a macro which will automatically apply
> > the appropriate #pragma for the compiler? That way the knowledge of
> > what #pragma to apply for each compiler only has to be maintained and
> > tested in one place.
>
> Excellent idea. Now why didn't I think of that <g>. It's the old forest and
> the trees thing, no doubt.
>
> The macro would have to be in the form of:
>
> BOOST_DATA_LAYOUT_BEGIN
>
> at the beginning of a header file surrounding any class/struct/union/enum
> declarations and
>
> BOOST_DATA_LAYOUT_END
>
> at the end.

Would you willing to provide the definitions for these macros (or, as I 
suspect, begin/end headers)? I'd be happy to use them, but as I've never 
needed such a thing I don't know the particular pragmas to use.

        Doug