Daryle Walker wrote:

>  1.  The MS Windows headers define "min" and "max" macros
>  2.  But nothing in those headers _actually needs_ those macros

Try this with VC7.1:

#define NOMINMAX
#include <afxtempl.h> 

int main()
{
     CArray<int>  array;
     array.SetSize(3);
     return 0;
}

f:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
2003\Vc7\atlmfc\include\afxtempl.h(398): error C3861: 'max': identifier 
not found, even with argument-dependent lookup

Regretably, there *is* code out there that require the min/max macros, 
even platform headers.


>  So why can't we add:
>  
>  #if defined(min) || defined(max)
>  #error Define NOMINMAX and use the alternates in <algorithm>
>  #endif
>  

Because this will break people's code in a way they can't easily fix. 
Nor should they have to.


-- 
Eric Niebler
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com
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