Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Wave crippling

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Wave crippling
From: Pete Bartlett (pete_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-21 17:37:47

On 06/20/10 20:54, Steven Watanabe wrote:
> > // a.hpp
> > #ifndef BOOST_PP_IS_ITERATING
> >  #include <boost/preprocessor/iteration/iterate.hpp>
> >  #define BOOST_PP_FILENAME_1 "a_impl.hpp"
> >  #define BOOST_PP_ITERATION_LIMITS (1, 10)
> >  #include BOOST_PP_ITERATE()
> > #else
> > // ...
> > #endif

> Macro expansion is not allowed so such a construct would not work.
> Macros are not allowed in the #include directives.

Ok you can ban the technique in your libraries, but what happens if you use
third-party libraries that do use the technique? Like Boost, for  example.