-----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Stephan T. Lavavej Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 8:46 PM To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] [preprocessor] Sequences vs. All Other Data Structures
[Paul A. Bristow]
But I haven't understood if there will be grief from existing macro code if the Microsoft fix it?
Probably (VC preprocesses billions of lines of code). But if I were a compiler dev, I'd deal with it with pragmas (superior to compiler options, because a header could push/pop requests for preprocessor conformance).
Is there anything Boost can do to support Paul (and Steven) by sending a collective message to Microsoft, lest they dismiss this as one man's rant?
For this and other bugs, it is helpful to hear:
"I maintain Boost.Foobar"/"I maintain Product X, with Y users and Z revenue" and "this bug is bad/really bad/kitten-vaporizing" (ideally, quantify how many kittens are vaporized)
I'm immensely relieved to know that Microsoft is so sensitive to issues involving vaporization of kittens ;-) Paul PS I wouldn't put this issue in that category, but I think it is much more important than it might seem. --- Paul A. Bristow, Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal LA8 8AB UK +44 1539 561830 07714330204 pbristow@hetp.u-net.com