[boost] Re: Minimal test - unnecessarily hard to compile

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-05 08:00:12

> > But minimal.hpp includes the line
> >  #include <libs/test/src/execution_monitor.cpp>
> > which fails to compile - because my include path doesn't have a
> > directory
> > with the boost libs directory in it. And nor should it.
> >
> > This is unfortunate, and arguably a violation of the header policy
> > (libs as
> > a sub-directory name is highly likely to clash with other libraries,
> > unlike
> > boost).
> >
> > Header files should not be including implementation files. This is
> > especially the case with the minimal test facility, whose whole point
> > is to
> > be usable without requiring linking with implementation files.
> > Changing to
> > textual inclusion of implementation files is not a great improvement.
>
> You are absolutely right. Gennadiy, are you going to fix this?
>
> Doug

What and how exactly are you propose to fix?

Gennadiy.