From: Darin Adler (darin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-05 20:01:22
On 3/5/02 12:30 PM, "rogeeff" <rogeeff_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> #ifndef BOOST_VERSION_DEF
>> #define BOOST_VERSION_DEF
>> #define BOOST_VERSION_STRING "Boost 1.27"
>> #define BOOST_VERSION_MAJOR 1
>> #define BOOST_VERSION_MINOR 27
>> #define BOOST_VERSION_SUBMINOR 0
>> #define BOOST_VERSION 102700
>> #endif
>
> Is there any specific reasons why are you prefer defines over const
> variables?
One main reason: You can't do preprocessor #if based on the values of const
variables.
-- Darin