Re: [boost] [typeof-users] Looking for a consistent scheme for adding Typeof support to Boost libraries

From: Tobias Schwinger (tschwinger_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-20 04:43:26

dan marsden wrote:
> --- Arkadiy Vertleyb <vertleyb_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> As for structure, how about consistently placing the
> typeof headers in a directory beneath the file they
> support. So for a file:
> 
> boost/a/b/c.hpp
> 
> The corresponding typeof support would be in:
> 
> boost/a/b/typeof/c.hpp
> 

A single-rooted approach might still be better:

   boost/a/typeof/boost/a/b/c.hpp

or even (although Arkadiy pointed out it would be less CVS-friendly)

   boost/typeof_support/boost/a/b/c.hpp

Now I could switch my include path to contain boost/a/typeof or to 
boost/typeof_support respectively and thus enable typeof support for lib a without 
changing my source code (as suggested by Andy elsewhere in this thread).

Of course this would require us to

   #include <../../../../b/c.hpp>

or

   #include <../../../a/b/c.hpp>

from within */typeof*/boost/a/b/c.hpp.

I've no idea whether this is acceptable or not. But we should probably spend a few 
thoughts on it.

Regards,

Tobias