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Re: [SG10] [wg14/wg21 liaison] Feature test macro for P0306 (__VA_OPT__)

From: Jonathan Wakely <cxx_at_[hidden]>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 10:12:45 +0000
On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 at 20:54, Barry Revzin via Liaison <
liaison_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Eric Niebler actually asked this on StackOverflow a few years ago:
> https://stackoverflow.com/q/48045470/2069064
>
> The accepted answer there is:
>
> #define PP_THIRD_ARG(a,b,c,...) c#define VA_OPT_SUPPORTED_I(...) PP_THIRD_ARG(__VA_OPT__(,),true,false,)#define VA_OPT_SUPPORTED VA_OPT_SUPPORTED_I(?)
>
>
Who is going to remember that without having to look it up though?

The #ifdef __VA_OPT__ solution was my first thought, it's unfortunate we
forbid it. If we can't have that then I think we do need a feature test
macro. The voodoo above will make most developers wish they were using Rust.

Received on 2021-01-28 04:12:59