Re: Where to place include files

[Julio Merino]

On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 07:12:28AM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> Am Fre, 2001-09-28 um 19.15 schrieb 1001697323:
> > Do you think this is a "logical" way to do this?? Or this is weird?
> Well, this is the way imake applied (still applies ?).
> 
> IMHO, it is weird, error-prone and hard to maintain :) (No punt
> intended).
> 
> What I do in such cases is either to
> * Apply a similar layout as Guido mentioned. 
> Pros: Simple source-tree layout
> Cons: You would have to redesign your existing header hierarchy, files
> are not safe against accidentially includeing private headers from
> public ones.
> 
> * Layout your include directory hierarchy as it would be after
> installation, i.e. put all public headers below include/.. applying the
> same layout as the final layout would have, eg.
> include/prodesk/<someheader>.h
> Pros: Proper separation of public and private headers, safe against
> accidental inclusion of private headers.
> Cons: Somewhat more complex source-tree layout.

Ok, this one is the "same" as I said, but without symbolic links. So,
why not use them? A simple script would populate the include/ directory
with them... This way, I can have the sources and headers together
(which are always called the same... i.e. string.cpp and string.h),
and also, have it working.

Thanks.

> 
> For larger projects and for projects with long development cycles, I
> personally prefer the second way of doing it, for small project it
> actually doesn't matter.
> 
> Just my 0.02 Euros
> 
> Ralf
> 
> 

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