[boost] Re: Solution to Windows' min/max problem?

"Eric Niebler" <eric@boost-consulting.com> writes:

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So why can't we add: #if defined(min) || defined(max) #error Define NOMINMAX and use the alternates in <algorithm> #endif

Because this will break people's code in a way they can't easily fix. Nor should they have to.

Actually, not. It would be ineffectual, because NOMINMAX only matters before min and max are #defined. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com