Re: [Boost-users] Is there a boost way to avoid this macro usage?

From: Paul Mensonides (pmenso57_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-13 15:44:01

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Rush Manbert

> That. Is. So. Cool! No inner macros to redefine, and you can 
> wrap the enum declaration in a macro that takes CODE_TABLE 
> (or whatever the developer calls it) as a parameter. Same for 
> the array definition. This is a big improvement on the 
> original version. Thank you for the great help.

You are welcome.

> I was unfamiliar with Chaos, but the code snippets looked 
> interesting. I found the project on SourceForge. Will there 
> be a release sometime?

Eventually.  Chaos is a much more advanced version of the Boost pp-lib.
However, it may not suit your needs in any case because it contains no
workarounds for broken preprocessors (nor will it).  This severly limits its
portability.  The Boost pp-lib, while inferior in every way, contains
*extensive* workarounds for broken preprocessors, and it has enough power to do
what people usually use preprocessor metaprogramming for.  It just isn't always
as pretty.

Regards,
Paul Mensonides