On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 09:25:44PM -0400, Joe Gottman wrote:
"Iain K. Hanson" <ikh@hansons.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:20050501003902.A21749@titan.hansons.demon.co.uk...
This will be the first time we accept a macro into boost ( aside from boost PP) and I just think this sends the wrong message.
Actually, this isn't true. we accepted BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT into boost quite a while ago. Note that the standards committee is seriously considering adding static assertions to the core (see http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2004/n1720.html).
Yes, but BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT is a library writers tool, not really for end users. And the same applies to Concept checking and boost test. I'm familar with the DBC proposal and I hope it makes it into the standard, But I'm not sure how much influence it has had on the proposal or its acceptance. However, I would support a macro in boost if its primary purpose was to support something needed in the standard. And you have no idea how hard it is for me to write that. /ikh