Re: Add a header -> library index?

From: williamkempf_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-06-05 10:30:32

--- In boost_at_y..., Daryle Walker <darylew_at_m...> wrote:
> The documentation has a page listing each of the libraries, and we 
can look
> in each one to see what headers go with a library.  Sometimes, I 
need to go
> the other way; I need to know where the documentation is for a 
header at
> which I'm looking.  The answer isn't always obvious from the 
header's name;
> and we shouldn't have to be guessing anyway, even for "obvious" 
names.
> Could we add a documentation page that lists each (public) header 
file and
> gives where the header's documentation is?

Wouldn't it be handier to have the link embedded in a comment at the 
top of the header file?

> On a separate note, maybe that page could list the mandatory source 
files.

That sounds like overkill, especially with the coming Boost.Build 
system.  Or am I missing some reason beyond building that you think 
this information would be good for?

Bill Kempf