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| 16 | <a class="target" id="label-macros" name="label-macros"></a><p>Being a <em>template</em> metaprogramming framework, the MPL concentrates on |
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| 17 | getting one thing done well and leaves most of the clearly |
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| 18 | preprocessor-related tasks to the corresponding specialized |
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| 19 | libraries <a class="citation-reference" href="#pre" id="id283" name="id283">[PRE]</a>, <a class="citation-reference" href="#ve03" id="id284" name="id284">[Ve03]</a>. But whether we like it or not, macros play |
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| 20 | an important role on today's C++ metaprogramming, and some of |
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| 21 | the useful MPL-level functionality cannot be implemented |
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| 27 | <tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id283" name="pre">[PRE]</a></td><td>Vesa Karvonen, Paul Mensonides, |
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| 34 | <tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id284" name="ve03">[Ve03]</a></td><td>Vesa Karvonen, <cite>The Order Programming Language</cite>, 2003.</td></tr> |
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