Re: [boost] [Modularization] A new approach to header modularization

29 May 2009


      Beman Dawes wrote:
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On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Ilya Sokolov <ilyasokol@gmail.com> wrote:
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It doesn't make dependencies of header-only libraries explicit.
Dependencies are a separate issue. AFAICS, that's also true for the
alternatives too.
No. If we had a build system target for each library that installs its 
headers to the 'boost' directory before building we would be forced to
explicitly state the dependencies: (pseudocode)

# Boost.SmartPtr jamfile

synchronize sync_headers
   : [ glob-tree ../include/*.hpp ]
   : ../../boost
   ;

lib smart_ptr
   :
   : <dependency>sync_headers
   ;


# Boost.Filesystem jamfile

lib filesystem
   : [ glob-tree ../src/*.cpp ]
     /boost//system
     /boost//smart_ptr # NOTE
   ...
   ;