[boost] Re: win32.hpp and min/max macros

Daryle Walker wrote:

This "solution" looks extremely invasive, given all the different places that could need changing. Maybe it's not worth it, considering the hit that anyone not using the Windows headers (automatically including anyone not using Windows nor an IBM-styled PC) takes. What was wrong with limiting the workaround to "win32.hpp"?

You're a little late -- the fix is done and checked in. No end users take a "hit" as a result of this change. There were several things wrong with limiting the workaround to win32.hpp and the have been discussed extensively on this list. Please see the archive. Thanks. -- Eric Niebler Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com