Re: VC++ 6.0

[James W. W. <os...@jw...>]

On Mar 1, 2007, at 9:23 AM, Jose' Cruanyes wrote:

>>  Now that we
>> compile as C++, what is the advantage of using E3Num_Max rather than
>> std::max?  There is a disadvantage, that the operands are evaluated
>> twice.
>
> max is #defined in VC, leading to compilation errors,
>
> if we find a way to detect availability of std::max, we can define
> E3Num_Max, in terms of std::max, or just define it based in  
> platform...

The CodeWarrior version of <algorithm> says

#ifdef max
#undef max
#endif

before defining std::max, we could do that...

or we could change E3Num_Max to be a function template defined  
exactly like std::max.