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From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-09 17:36:16
"Powell, Gary" <powellg_at_[hidden]> writes:
> I'm sorry but Yuck.
OK.
> *) Macros have a nasty and well known scoping problem.
Just think of it as a keyword ;-)
Seriously, Boost is full of macros. Why is this one especially bad?
> *) "for(;;){}" works really well for this case.
Not really well, IMO. There are plenty of well-known problems, not
least the need to declare iterators.
-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com