Re: [boost] Formal Review: any

From: Kevlin Henney (kevlin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-11-07 11:16:45

In message <3A02FFA5.A2E254B3_at_[hidden]>, Dan Nuffer
<dnuffer_at_[hidden]> writes
>I think that "any" should be accepted into Boost.

Thanks.

>I have spent a few hours reading the paper, documentation, and code.
>I also started using it in a compiler I am working on.
[...]

Yup, this is exactly the kind of application it is intended for. Thanks
for validating that -- or at least proving that I'm not the only one
that uses it like that ;-)

>Code:
>I found the MSVC_INCLUDE/MSVC_EXCLUDE macros making the code harder to
>understand.  I find it easier to read things like this:
>
>#ifdef MSVC_BUG
>       msvc code
>#else
>       normal code
>#endif

When I have collected together the relevant, errm, feature-workaround
set I will revisit the macro style.

Kevlin
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