Re: More keyword abomination by C++0x
litb wrote:
On 25 Apr., 18:08, Pete Becker <p...@versatilecoding.com> wrote:
Andre Kaufmann wrote:
Pete Becker wrote:
Andre Kaufmann wrote:
[...]
A translation unit is not allowed to define a macro with a name that's
identical to a keyword. If your compiler lets you do that, you live
with
the consequences.
Is that requirement new ? Then it would break much old (debug) code.
Code that uses macros to replace keywords has never been legal.
Can you please state the Standard on that? I have at least one place
where it seems to imply that it's legal. 17.4.3.1.1/2 reads:
[macro.names]/2 in the latest working draft: "A translation unit shall
not #define or #undef names lexically identical to keywords." There's
similar wording in [lib.macro.names]/2 in the current standard.
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