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The <b>BOOST_PP_LIST_CONS</b> macro is a <i>list</i> constructor.
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<h4>Usage</h4>
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<b>BOOST_PP_LIST_CONS</b>(<i>head</i>, <i>tail</i>)
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<h4>Arguments</h4>
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<dt>head</dt>
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An element in a <i>list</i>.
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<dt>tail</dt>
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Either a <i>list</i>, <b>BOOST_PP_LIST_NIL</b>, or <b>BOOST_PP_NIL</b>.
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<h4>Remarks</h4>
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This macro appends a new head to an existing <i>list</i> or creates a <i>list</i> from <b>BOOST_PP_LIST_NIL</b>.
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This macro is no longer necessary.&nbsp;
For example...
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<b>BOOST_PP_LIST_CONS</b>(a, <b>BOOST_PP_LIST_CONS</b>(b, <b>BOOST_PP_LIST_NIL</b>)))
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...is just an explicit way of writing the following:
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(a, (b, <b>BOOST_PP_NIL</b>))
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Because of this, this macro is deprecated.
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<h4>See Also</h4>
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<li><a href="list_nil.html">BOOST_PP_LIST_NIL</a></li>
<li><a href="nil.html">BOOST_PP_NIL</a></li>
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<h4>Requirements</h4>
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<b>Header:</b> &nbsp;<a href="../headers/list/adt.html">&lt;boost/preprocessor/list/adt.hpp&gt;</a>
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<h4>Sample Code</h4>
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#include &lt;<a href="../headers/list/adt.html">boost/preprocessor/list/adt.hpp</a>&gt;
#define OLD \
<a href="list_cons.html">BOOST_PP_LIST_CONS</a>( \
a, \
<a href="list_cons.html">BOOST_PP_LIST_CONS</a>( \
b, \
<a href="list_cons.html">BOOST_PP_LIST_CONS</a>( \
c, \
<a href="list_nil.html">BOOST_PP_LIST_NIL</a> \
) \
) \
) \
/**/
#define NEW (a, (b, (c, <a href="nil.html">BOOST_PP_NIL</a>)))
<a href="list_first.html">BOOST_PP_LIST_FIRST</a>(OLD) == <a href="list_first.html">BOOST_PP_LIST_FIRST</a>(NEW)
// expands to a == a
<a href="list_rest.html">BOOST_PP_LIST_REST</a>(OLD) == <a href="list_rest.html">BOOST_PP_LIST_REST</a>(NEW)
// expands to (b, (c, <a href="nil.html">BOOST_PP_NIL</a>)) == (b, (c, <a href="nil.html">BOOST_PP_NIL</a>))
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