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Re: General Preference in C++

From	Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: General Preference in C++
Date	2024-08-22 13:18 -0400
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Keith Thompson wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> <brevsnip>
>
> I believe the general consensus (and my own preference) is to use core
> language features rather than macros unless there's a very good reason
> to use a macro.

I use macros for enabling/disabling code depending on developer preference or
platform.

Is that a sensible use of macros? (A little off-topic, sorry). 

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General Preference in C++ Jack <noreply@mandrill.com> - 2024-08-21 01:30 +0000
  Re: General Preference in C++ Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-08-20 18:53 -0700
    Re: General Preference in C++ Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2024-08-22 13:18 -0400
      Re: General Preference in C++ scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-08-22 17:54 +0000
        Re: General Preference in C++ Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2024-08-22 20:08 +0200
        Re: General Preference in C++ David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-08-23 09:08 +0200
          Re: General Preference in C++ Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2024-08-23 09:41 -0400
  Re: General Preference in C++ Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2024-08-20 20:07 -0700
    Re: General Preference in C++ David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-08-21 09:07 +0200
  Re: General Preference in C++ Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2024-08-22 11:33 +0200

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