Re: [boost] [config] Last call for choosing macro names

Ulrich Eckhardt <doomster@knuut.de> writes:

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Let's take 0x030411 as an example. Now, since we want the user to be able to write:

#if BOOST_CXX_FOO == BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER(3, 4, 11) // (a)

I'd prefer not to write this, because how would you express a different relationship than equality? Sometimes you simply want to say 'if major=2'

These cases are comparitively rare #if BOOST_CXX_FOO >= BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER(2,0,0) \ && BOOST_CXX_FOO < BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER(3,0,0)

or 'if major=3 and minor>2', so I'd rather need BOOST_CXX_FOO_MAJOR etc.

#if BOOST_CXX_FOO >= BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER(3,2,0) \ && BOOST_CXX_FOO < BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER(4,0,0) -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com