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< a class = "target" id = "label-macros" name = "label-macros" ></ a >< p > Being a < em > template</ em > metaprogramming framework, the MPL concentrates on
getting one thing done well and leaves most of the clearly
preprocessor-related tasks to the corresponding specialized
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
an important role on today's C++ metaprogramming, and some of
the useful MPL-level functionality cannot be implemented
without leaking its preprocessor-dependent implementation
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< 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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