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

Subject: Re: [boost] Library dependencies and intrer-library code reuse
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-30 07:36:32

At Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:30:25 +0200,
Peter Dimov wrote:
> 
> 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. 

They also appear indirectly.  If A depends on B and B acquires a new
dependency, A now has a new dependency too.

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