Subject: Re: [boost] [PREDEF] Review for the Boost.Predef library by Rene Riviera
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-02-24 08:49:37
On 02/24/2012 03:33 AM, Edward Diener wrote:
> The current Boost.Config has one header per compiler so obviously it
> does make sense. Another header attempts to figure out the compiler
> being used and then the particular compiler's header is included. What
> is so arcane about that ?
Those are not "real" headers. You're not allowed to ever include one of
those directly.
Including any of those directly would open a whole can of worms. They
don't even have include guards or anything of the sort.
It could be argued that the extension should be changed from .hpp to .inl.