Re: [Boost-users] Re: Q: W4003 with vc7 boost=1.32 in date_time lib

From: Victor A. Wagner Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-29 22:54:30

At Monday 2004-11-29 02:11, you wrote:
>Hello Victor,
>
>
>VW> IMNSHO both of those are unacceptable solutions... date_time should
>VW> be
>VW> doing that itself.
>Sorry, should do what? WinDef.h defines min and max macros, if NOMINMAX is 
>undefined. So date_time should somehow have specific behavior for windows 
>headers?
>
>VW> it also doesn't explain why with 7.1 (which has the defines bounded
>VW> by
>VW> #ifndef __cplusplus
>VW> #endif
>VW> that the problem still exists
>There is no "#ifndef __cplusplus\n#endif" around min and max definition in 
>WinDef.h, and IMHO shouldn't be.
>

why not? all C++ users are supposed to know that they have to #define 
NOMINMAX if they're going to use windows?  and if my defining it beforehand 
doesn't break anything, then neither would their doing it automatically.

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>System Architect, Excelsior, LLC
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