Why does it expand to BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER_AVAILABLE?
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Description
Boost.Predef macros (e.g. `BOOST_OS_WINDOWS`) expand to `BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER_AVAILABLE` instead of `1` or `0`. Why is that?
By expanding to `BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER_AVAILABLE` I can't use these macros in Boost.PP. For instance, I recently had to use code like:
```c
BOOST_PP_IF(
BOOST_OS_UNIX,
lua_pushcfunction(L, tcp_socket_assign),
lua_pushcfunction(L, throw_enosys));
```
But it failed to compile because `BOOST_OS_UNIX` doesn't expand to `1` or `0`. Instead, it expands to a complex expression that can't be used in preprocessor metaprogramming.
Could we offer `BOOST_OS_UNIX10` (and the equivalent to other macros as well) that expand to 1 or 0 instead of a complex expression? Or, alternatively, modify these macros to expand to `1` or `0` already?
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