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

Subject: Re: [boost] [Modularization] A new approach to header modularization
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-28 16:40:29

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Ilya Sokolov <ilyasokol_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 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.

It is somewhat ugly. But the alternatives, including our current
scheme, are also somewhat ugly.

>
>> 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.

Dependencies are a separate issue. AFAICS, that's also true for the
alternatives too.

--Beman