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

From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-30 20:49:27

Dan Dimerman wrote:
> 
> The warning reads:
> C:\Boost\include\boost-1_32\boost\date_time\gregorian\greg_facet.hpp(293) : 
> warning C4003: not enough actual parameters for macro 'max'
> 

This is a date_time bug. Boost has guidelines for avoiding clashes with 
the min/max macros, which you can read at 
http://boost.org/more/lib_guide.htm.

Requiring users to #define NOMINMAX is not satisfatory. Sadly, there are 
3rd party libraries, and even platform headers, that depend on those 
macros. To play well in the real world, Boost headers should compile 
cleanly even in the presence of the min/max macros.

-- 
Eric Niebler
Boost Consulting
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