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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: two's complement idea
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Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> writes:
[...]
> Macros like "min()" and "max()" from windows.h however screw up any
> min and max. It does not matter if it is std::max(), std::numeric_limits<int>::max() or thatlib::suchstruct::max().
> Now and then someone trying to run some (perfectly well-formed
> and portable) code on windows wastes some time with that
> nuisance, globally, ... and there are nothing to do about it.

You mean nothing other than
    #undef min
    #undef max
?

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
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void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */