From: Stephan Tolksdorf (andorxor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-19 18:59:54


Gennaro Prota wrote:
>
> That would of course be possible, but still not transparent. Basically
> the first inclusion of windows.h for each translation unit determines
> whether the min and max macros will be present.
(...)
> Microsoft's logic for the windows.h header seems to imply that it is
> never included from include files. This holds every time you put
> NOMINMAX, NOTHIS or NOTHAT macros in the apparent intent to give the
> user more control: what results, as you can see, is no control at all.

Thanks for explaining the issue.

Stephan