Re: [boost] [Modularization] A new approach to header modularization

Subject: Re: [boost] [Modularization] A new approach to header modularization
From: Ilya Sokolov (ilyasokol_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-28 10:31:46

Beman Dawes wrote:
> [snip]
>   root/
>     boost/
>       filesystem.hpp
>       filesystem/
>         config.hpp
>         convenience.hpp
>         exception.hpp
>         fstream.hpp
>         operations.hpp
>         path.hpp
>         build/
>           ...
>         CMakeLists.txt
>         doc/
>           ...
>         example/
>           ...
>         index.html
>           ...
>         module.cmake
>         src/
>           ...
>         test/
>           ...

Looks ugly for my taste, sorry.

> In theory, the root/libs/... tree isn't needed anymore. In practice we 
> might want to keep a root/libs/libname/index.html entry for each library 
> so docs links don't break.
> 
> Apologies if someone already suggested this approach. It is so simple I 
> can't believe someone didn't already suggest it.
> 
> Unless I'm missing something, this is the only approach that appears to 
> do fairly well for all of the Goals/Objectives/Needs/Wants,

It doesn't make dependencies of header-only libraries explicit.

> [snip]