Rene Rivera <grafik.list@redshift-software.com> writes:
The tipping point for me in the direction I suggest is that I found many instances in current Boost code where there was only reference to _MSC_VER, with the expectation that it would apply in both real and simulated modes. SO it's not translating the use of BOOST_MSVC that worries me, it's the translation of all the _MSC_VER uses. Should they be converted to BOOST_CXX_EMUALTED_MSVC or to BOOST_CXX_MSVC?
Either they should be left alone (how many are checking the version number?) or they should be converted to the former. The latter should be reserved for the real thing. Otherwise, what would we turn BOOST_MSVC into? BOOST_CXX_REAL_MSVC? That seems a bit perverse. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com