Variadic Data Library in sandbox

I have put in the sandbox the Variadic Macro Data library, or VMD. This library supplies variadic macro functionality and integrates variadic macros with the Boost PP library without changing the latter in any way. The library in the sandbox is in the variadic_macro_data folder. The library is a header-only library of macros. There is documentation and tests and the appropriate jamfiles for both. To build the documentation you need doxygen but I have also provided documentation in an html subfolder. The main use of the library is to be able to pass variadic data to macros, and in particular to extract variadic data elements or convert variadic data to Boost PP data types for use by Boost PP. The library also enhances the Functionality of Boost PP tuple data. Installation is simply to take the boost and lib subfolders of the library and copy them to a Boost installation, preferable the trunk where support for variadic macros has been added in Boost config in the form of a BOOST_NO_VARIADIC_MACROS which is defined for compilers/versions which do NOT support variadic macros. To use the macros in the library, just "#include <boost/variadic_macro_data/VariadicMacroData.hpp>". Compilers which support variadic macros are gcc 3.0 and above and VC8 ( VS2005 ) and above among a few others. There is a discussion in the doc of why you might choose to use variadic macros rather than a Boost PP data type in a macro tailored for end-users. Comments, suggestions, and bug reports are welcome. Edward Diener

At Sat, 09 Oct 2010 14:05:17 -0400, Edward Diener wrote:
I have put in the sandbox the Variadic Macro Data library, or VMD. This library supplies variadic macro functionality and integrates variadic macros with the Boost PP library without changing the latter in any way.
Comments, suggestions, and bug reports are welcome.
This is a really cool idea. Nice going! -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com

On 10/9/2010 4:35 PM, David Abrahams wrote:
At Sat, 09 Oct 2010 14:05:17 -0400, Edward Diener wrote:
I have put in the sandbox the Variadic Macro Data library, or VMD. This library supplies variadic macro functionality and integrates variadic macros with the Boost PP library without changing the latter in any way.
Comments, suggestions, and bug reports are welcome.
This is a really cool idea. Nice going!
Thanks ! Appreciated !
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