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3	<title>BOOST_PP_EMPTY</title>
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9		The <b>BOOST_PP_EMPTY</b> macro is a nullary utility macro that expands to nothing.
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11	<h4>Usage</h4>
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13			<b>BOOST_PP_EMPTY</b>()
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15	<h4>Remarks</h4>
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17			This macro is helps avoid inefficient macro-expansion.&nbsp;
18			It is primarily useful as arguments to <b>BOOST_PP_IF</b> or <b>BOOST_PP_IIF</b>.
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20	<h4>Requirements</h4>
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22			<b>Header:</b> &nbsp;<a href="../headers/facilities/empty.html">&lt;boost/preprocessor/facilities/empty.hpp&gt;</a>
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24	<h4>Sample Code</h4>
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26#include &lt;<a href="../headers/control/if.html">boost/preprocessor/control/if.hpp</a>&gt;
27#include &lt;<a href="../headers/facilities/empty.html">boost/preprocessor/facilities/empty.hpp</a>&gt;
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29#define X() result
30#define MACRO(c) <a href="if.html">BOOST_PP_IF</a>(c, X, <a href="empty.html">BOOST_PP_EMPTY</a>)()
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32MACRO(0) // expands to nothing
33MACRO(1) // expands to result
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37		<i>� Copyright <a href="http://www.housemarque.com" target="_top">Housemarque Oy</a> 2002</i>
38		</br><i>� Copyright Paul Mensonides 2002</i>
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