Re: [Boost-users] Semantic Compiler Errors (general question)

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Semantic Compiler Errors (general question)
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-06-12 00:25:51

On 6/11/2017 8:05 PM, Chris Glover via Boost-users wrote:
> 
>      > Error Examples:
>      >
>      >     Error boost/intrusive/slist.hpp(1926) : error C4003: not
>     enough actual
>      > parameters for macro 'check'
>      >
> 
>     This is an errant macro from outside Boost.
> 
> 
> In fact this issue has been reported here.
> 
> https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/391017/constant-library-conflicts.html

Macros should always be capitalized and they should have distinct 
prefixes which no one else is likely to use. Among organization that 
have not followed this near foolproof scheme is Microsoft themselves.

> 
> -- chris