The BOOST_PP_WHILE_d macro represents a reentry into the BOOST_PP_WHILE looping construct.

#### Usage

BOOST_PP_WHILE_ ## d(pred, op, state)

#### Arguments

d
  The next available BOOST_PP_WHILE iteration.
pred
  A binary predicate of the form pred(d, state). This predicate is expanded by BOOST_PP_WHILE with the next available iteration d and the current state. This predicate must expand to value in the range of 0 to BOOST_PP_LIMIT_MAG. The construct continues to loop until this predicate returns 0. When this predicate returns 0, BOOST_PP_WHILE returns the current state.
op
  A binary operation of the form op(d, state). This operation is expanded by BOOST_PP_WHILE with the next available iteration d and the current state. This macro is repeatedly applied to the state, each time producing a new state, until pred returns 0.
state
  The initial state. Often this argument is a tuple.

#### Remarks

This macro iterates op(d, state) while pred(d, state) is non-zero. In other words expands to:
op(d, ... op(d, op(d, state)) ... ).
At certain times, it may be necessary to perform the concatenation with BOOST_PP_CAT rather than the preprocessor token-pasting operator. This happens when the d value is a macro invocation itself. It needs a delay to allow it to expand. The syntax in such a scenario becomes:
BOOST_PP_CAT(BOOST_PP_WHILE_, d)(pred, op, state).
Previously, it was possible to concatenate d directly to BOOST_PP_WHILE (without the trailing underscore). This is no longer supported.

#### See Also

- BOOST_PP_CAT
- BOOST_PP_LIMIT_MAG
- BOOST_PP_WHILE

#### Requirements

Header: <boost/preprocessor/control/while.hpp>

#### Sample Code

    #include <boost/preprocessor/arithmetic/add.hpp>
    #include <boost/preprocessor/arithmetic/dec.hpp>
    #include <boost/preprocessor/array/elem.hpp>
    #include <boost/preprocessor/array/size.hpp>
    #include <boost/preprocessor/control/while.hpp>
    #include <boost/preprocessor/tuple/elem.hpp>

    #define PRED(d, data) BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM(3, 1, data)

    #define OP(d, data) \
       OP_D( \
          d, \
          BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM(3, 0, data), \
          BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM(3, 1, data), \
          BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM(3, 2, data) \
       ) \
       /**/

    #define OP_D(d, res, i, array) \
       ( \
          BOOST_PP_ADD_D( \
             d, res, \
             BOOST_PP_ARRAY_ELEM(BOOST_PP_DEC(i), array)), \
          BOOST_PP_DEC(i), \
          array \
       ) \
       /**/

    #define ACCUMULATE_D(d, array) \
       BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM( \
          3, 0, \
          BOOST_PP_WHILE_ ## d( \
             PRED, OP, \
             (0, BOOST_PP_ARRAY_SIZE(array), array) \
          ) \
       ) \
       /**/

    #define ARRAY (4, (1, 2, 3, 4))

    ACCUMULATE_D(1, ARRAY)// expands to 10

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