PRODUCT  :  Borland C++                           NUMBER  :  1307
  VERSION  :  ALL
       OS  :  ALL
     DATE  :  October 25, 1993                         PAGE  :  1/1

    TITLE  :  Why aren't max and min defined in C++ mode?




  Why aren't max() and min() defined when I'm compiling a C++
  program?

  The reason is that max() and min() are macros that are not
  defined if C++ is being used.  C++ programmers may very well want
  to overload the max() and min() functions to provide extended
  functionality for comparing (for example) two strings, and this
  wouldn't be possible if they were defined as macros. If you are
  using C++ and you still want the old max() and min() functions,
  you can include the following two lines in your code or in a
  header file:

  #define max(a,b)    (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
  #define min(a,b)    (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))


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