On 9/23/2011 1:09 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
Yes, we technically _could_ get rid of version and do it all with static ifs, but it wouldn't be as clean IMHO.
Right. It's the same reason for the existence of the debug conditionals. Such could be done with version or with static if, but experience with C is that every group invents their own convention for doing conditional debug code, all incompatible.
Having it wired in the language tends to standardize it and make it interoperable.
