on Mon May 14 2012, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
AMDG
On 05/11/2012 07:36 PM, Dave Abrahams wrote:
on Fri May 11 2012, Beman Dawes <bdawes-AT-acm.org> wrote:
"Copy the leaves" if all else fails has the advantage of preserving existing uses (like HTML links) that won't be followed with a dummy forwarding #include. It may well be faster to use.
OTOH, I can imagine cases on a Boost developer's machine where the developer would prefer dummy forwarding #includes.
Like, always.
I disagree. I prefer copies for the following reasons:
a) Disk space is not an issue for me. b) The copies can be used for any purpose, not just compiling. In particular, clicking through forwarding headers in the IDE is annoying. c) The behavior is more consistent. Using copies, the preprocessor output should be identical to the preprocessor output to the preprocessor output using links.
I can see others preferring forwarding headers, but "always" is too strong.
OK, thanks for setting me straight on that point. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com