From: miles@gnu.org   
      
   "Martin B." <0xCDCDCDCD@gmx.at> writes:   
   > IMHO, the namespace problem with macros is *far* too much exaggerated.   
   > Sure, MS/Windows defining macros named `min()` and `max()` was (is) dead   
   > stupid, but `BOOST_FOREACH()` or `MY_THROW_CONTEXT_AWARE_EXCEPTION()` is   
   > hardly going to collide with anything.   
      
   Er, no doubt, but it results in macros having stupidly long and   
   annoying names.   
      
   Namespaces are _vastly_ better in that regard (even if one avoids   
   "using namespace", references from within a namespace automatically   
   use it, and that alone hugely cuts down the number of annoying   
   prefixes).  Result: more readable code.   
      
   -Miles   
      
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