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The main changes 45 are the addition of the many generic macros for sequences and the expansions 46 of types to include the v-type. 47 <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; "> 48<li class="listitem"> 49 Added BOOST_VMD_ELEM macro. 50 </li> 51<li class="listitem"> 52 Added BOOST_VMD_EQUAL macro. 53 </li> 54<li class="listitem"> 55 Added BOOST_VMD_NOT_EQUAL macro. 56 </li> 57<li class="listitem"> 58 Added BOOST_VMD_IS_MULTI macro. 59 </li> 60<li class="listitem"> 61 Added BOOST_VMD_IS_TYPE macro. 62 </li> 63<li class="listitem"> 64 Added BOOST_VMD_ASSERT_IS_TYPE macro. 65 </li> 66<li class="listitem"> 67 Added BOOST_VMD_IS_UNARY macro. 68 </li> 69<li class="listitem"> 70 Added BOOST_VMD_SIZE macro. 71 </li> 72<li class="listitem"> 73 Replaced with the BOOST_VMD_ELEM macro, using modifiers, a number 74 of macros which were eliminated. These are: 75 <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: square; "> 76<li class="listitem"> 77 BOOST_VMD_IDENTIFER 78 </li> 79<li class="listitem"> 80 BOOST_VMD_BEGIN_IDENTIFIER 81 </li> 82<li class="listitem"> 83 BOOST_VMD_AFTER_IDENTIFIER 84 </li> 85<li class="listitem"> 86 BOOST_VMD_IS_BEGIN_IDENTIFIER 87 </li> 88<li class="listitem"> 89 BOOST_VMD_NUMBER 90 </li> 91<li class="listitem"> 92 BOOST_VMD_BEGIN_NUMBER 93 </li> 94<li class="listitem"> 95 BOOST_VMD_AFTER_NUMBER 96 </li> 97<li class="listitem"> 98 BOOST_VMD_IS_BEGIN_NUMBER 99 </li> 100<li class="listitem"> 101 BOOST_VMD_ARRAY 102 </li> 103<li class="listitem"> 104 BOOST_VMD_BEGIN_ARRAY 105 </li> 106<li class="listitem"> 107 BOOST_VMD_AFTER_ARRAY 108 </li> 109<li class="listitem"> 110 BOOST_VMD_IS_BEGIN_ARRAY 111 </li> 112<li class="listitem"> 113 BOOST_VMD_LIST 114 </li> 115<li class="listitem"> 116 BOOST_VMD_BEGIN_LIST 117 </li> 118<li class="listitem"> 119 BOOST_VMD_AFTER_LIST 120 </li> 121<li class="listitem"> 122 BOOST_VMD_IS_BEGIN_LIST 123 </li> 124<li class="listitem"> 125 BOOST_VMD_SEQ 126 </li> 127<li class="listitem"> 128 BOOST_VMD_BEGIN_SEQ 129 </li> 130<li class="listitem"> 131 BOOST_VMD_AFTER_SEQ 132 </li> 133<li class="listitem"> 134 BOOST_VMD_IS_BEGIN_SEQ 135 </li> 136<li class="listitem"> 137 BOOST_VMD_TUPLE 138 </li> 139<li class="listitem"> 140 BOOST_VMD_BEGIN_TUPLE 141 </li> 142<li class="listitem"> 143 BOOST_VMD_AFTER_TUPLE 144 </li> 145<li class="listitem"> 146 BOOST_VMD_IS_BEGIN_TUPLE 147 </li> 148</ul></div> 149 </li> 150<li class="listitem"> 151 Every macro has its own header file. 152 </li> 153</ul></div> 154 </li></ul></div> 155<h4> 156<a name="variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.h2"></a> 157 <span class="phrase"><a name="variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.version_1_7"></a></span><a class="link" href="vmd_history.html#variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.version_1_7">Version 158 1.7</a> 159 </h4> 160<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> 161 The library has been reengineered to provide vastly added functionality. 162 This includes: 163 <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; "> 164<li class="listitem"> 165 Adding functionality for parsing v-types. 166 </li> 167<li class="listitem"> 168 Adding functionality for parsing sequences of v-types. 169 </li> 170<li class="listitem"> 171 Adding improved ASSERT macros. 172 </li> 173<li class="listitem"> 174 Adding BOOST_VMD_EMPTY and BOOST_VMD_IDENTITY. 175 </li> 176</ul></div> 177 </li></ul></div> 178<h4> 179<a name="variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.h3"></a> 180 <span class="phrase"><a name="variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.version_1_6"></a></span><a class="link" href="vmd_history.html#variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.version_1_6">Version 181 1.6</a> 182 </h4> 183<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 184<li class="listitem"> 185 Stripped off all functionality duplicated by the variadic macro functionality 186 added to Boost PP. 187 </li> 188<li class="listitem"> 189 Removed the notion of 'native' and 'pplib' modes. 190 </li> 191<li class="listitem"> 192 Use the BOOST_PP_VARIADICS macro from the Boost PP library to determine 193 variadic macro availability and removed the native macro for determining 194 this from this library. 195 </li> 196<li class="listitem"> 197 Updated documentation, especially to give fuller information of the use 198 of the BOOST_VMD_EMPTY macro and its flaw and use with Visual C++. 199 </li> 200<li class="listitem"> 201 Changed the directory structure to adhere to the Modular Boost structure. 202 </li> 203</ul></div> 204<h4> 205<a name="variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.h4"></a> 206 <span class="phrase"><a name="variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.version_1_5"></a></span><a class="link" href="vmd_history.html#variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.version_1_5">Version 207 1.5</a> 208 </h4> 209<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 210<li class="listitem"> 211 Added macros for verifying Boost PP data types. 212 </li> 213<li class="listitem"> 214 Added macros for detecting and removing beginning parens. 215 </li> 216<li class="listitem"> 217 Added a macro for testing for the emptiness of a parameter. 218 </li> 219<li class="listitem"> 220 Added support for individual header files. 221 </li> 222<li class="listitem"> 223 Added support for 'native' and 'pplib' modes. 224 </li> 225<li class="listitem"> 226 Added control macros for controlling the variadic macro availability, mode, 227 and data verification. 228 </li> 229</ul></div> 230<h4> 231<a name="variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.h5"></a> 232 <span class="phrase"><a name="variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.version_1_4"></a></span><a class="link" href="vmd_history.html#variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.version_1_4">Version 233 1.4</a> 234 </h4> 235<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> 236 Removed internal dependency on BOOST_PP_CAT and BOOST_PP_ADD when using 237 VC++. 238 </li></ul></div> 239<h4> 240<a name="variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.h6"></a> 241 <span class="phrase"><a name="variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.version_1_3"></a></span><a class="link" href="vmd_history.html#variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.version_1_3">Version 242 1.3</a> 243 </h4> 244<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 245<li class="listitem"> 246 Moved version information and history into the documentation. 247 </li> 248<li class="listitem"> 249 Separate files for build.txt in the doc sub-directory and readme.txt in 250 the top-level directory. 251 </li> 252<li class="listitem"> 253 Breaking changes 254 <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; "> 255<li class="listitem"> 256 The name of the main header file is shortened to 'vmd.hpp'. 257 </li> 258<li class="listitem"> 259 The library follows the Boost conventions. 260 <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: square; "> 261<li class="listitem"> 262 Changed the filenames to lower case and underscores. 263 </li> 264<li class="listitem"> 265 The macros now start with BOOST_VMD_ rather than just VMD_ 266 as previously. 267 </li> 268</ul></div> 269 </li> 270</ul></div> 271 </li> 272</ul></div> 273<h4> 274<a name="variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.h7"></a> 275 <span class="phrase"><a name="variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.version_1_2"></a></span><a class="link" href="vmd_history.html#variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.version_1_2">Version 276 1.2</a> 277 </h4> 278<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 279<li class="listitem"> 280 Added a readme.txt file. 281 </li> 282<li class="listitem"> 283 Updated all jamfiles so that the library may be tested and docs generated 284 from its own local directory. 285 </li> 286</ul></div> 287<h4> 288<a name="variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.h8"></a> 289 <span class="phrase"><a name="variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.version_1_1"></a></span><a class="link" href="vmd_history.html#variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.version_1_1">Version 290 1.1</a> 291 </h4> 292<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> 293 Added better documentation for using variadic data with Boost PP and VMD. 294 </li></ul></div> 295<h4> 296<a name="variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.h9"></a> 297 <span class="phrase"><a name="variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.version_1_0"></a></span><a class="link" href="vmd_history.html#variadic_macro_data.vmd_history.version_1_0">Version 298 1.0</a> 299 </h4> 300<p> 301 Initial version of the library. 302 </p> 303</div> 304<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 305<td align="left"></td> 306<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2010-2017 Tropic Software 307 East Inc</div></td> 308</tr></table> 309<hr> 310<div class="spirit-nav"> 311<a accesskey="p" href="vmd_compilers.html"><img src="../../../../../doc/src/images/prev.png" alt="Prev"></a><a accesskey="u" href="../index.html"><img src="../../../../../doc/src/images/up.png" alt="Up"></a><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html"><img src="../../../../../doc/src/images/home.png" alt="Home"></a><a accesskey="n" href="vmd_ack.html"><img src="../../../../../doc/src/images/next.png" alt="Next"></a> 312</div> 313</body> 314</html> 315
