boost static_assert with message?

Question

on 1.43 boost it seems that BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT just allows to put a boolean value, is there some alternative that allows me to display a message as well on the compile error?

Answer 1

MPL has BOOST_MPL_ASSERT_MSG. E.g. using GCC 4.2. with this:

BOOST_MPL_ASSERT_MSG(false, THIS_DOESNT_WORK, (void));

... results in:

/path/to/file.cpp:42: error: no matching function for call to 
'assertion_failed(mpl_::failed************ (function()::THIS_DOESNT_WORK::************)())'