Re: [boost] Automating the header compilation check. was : [thread]1.36 thread.hpp compilation problem

Subject: Re: [boost] Automating the header compilation check. was : [thread]1.36 thread.hpp compilation problem
From: Emil Dotchevski (emil_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-05 13:22:50

On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 2:10 AM, John Maddock <john_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> vicente.botet wrote:
> BTW, it's not sufficient to simply include the header: if the header
> contains templates, then you also need to instantiate those templates to
> ensure everything they use is visible to them.  Not sure how one would
> automate that :-(

I do think that we should have a system that automatically verifies
that all public header files compile by themselves, but any #includes
beyond what's needed to compile the header itself are not desirable. I
specifically don't want any #includes that are not needed until a
template is instantiated.

If we have an automatic header test, I'd like it to attempt to remove
#includes until it finds the minimum needed to compile the file,
because I'm sure we have many #includes that perhaps were needed
before but are no longer necessary.

Emil Dotchevski
Reverge Studios, Inc.
http://www.revergestudios.com/reblog/index.php?n=ReCode