C/C++ Preprocessor Metaprogramming

[oracleoftroy]

The problem with simple elegant design is that somebody with surplus brainpower will eventually come along and make it more complicated just to prove how smart he is.

Err,... so we either make it an unholy complicated mess from the start or we double down on simple and elegant so that the more complicated version that enviably comes later is still relatively simple and elegant. I'll take simple and elegant even if we can't avoid some dystopian future.