Re: [boost] Library dependencies and intrer-library code reuse

Subject: Re: [boost] Library dependencies and intrer-library code reuse
From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-26 14:30:25

Steven Watanabe:
> AMDG
>
> David Abrahams wrote:
>> Every dependency should be an
>> informed and conscious decision on the part of a library developer.
>>
>
> Humph.  It's not as though #includes mysteriously appear
> in your code when you're looking the other way.

They do, as part of bug fixes made by others and as indirect dependencies. 
This goes unnoticed because the test infrastructure always has the whole of 
Boost available. One needs to actively fight dependencies, or they do creep 
in.