Hi all, Does anyone else have any thoughts of the proposed feature or it the question can be considered closed? Thanks in advance. -----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Steven Watanabe Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:46 PM To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] Is there any interest in getting pseudo random number generation using preprocessor at compile time into the Preprocessor library? AMDG On 07/12/2012 01:02 PM, Alexander Stoyan wrote:
For example, a protected code has to be surrounded by PROTECTION_START(level) ... PROTECTION_END() macros, where 'level' is a good candidate for being random at compile time.
I don't have a clue what this macro does.
In general, this feature is very useful for many code obfuscation mechanisms.
Like what? Is the preprocessor really the best tool for obfuscating code?
This is similar to __COUNTER__, though not everybody use __COUNTER__ but it doesn't make it useless.
In preprocessor programming it's not uncommon to need /unique/ variable names, for which __COUNTER__ works quite well. I just don't really understand the need for a full PRNG. In Christ, Steven Watanabe _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost