Re: [boost] [modularization] How to remove the Math -> multuplecission dependency?

Subject: Re: [boost] [modularization] How to remove the Math -> multuplecission dependency?
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-06-06 07:09:40

John Maddock wrote:
> I would argue it's a "false positive": the header generate.hpp is a 
> maintenance header used for generating new numeric constants, and the 
> dependency to multiprecision is optional (inside #ifdef's).  It is however 
> documented, so I'm loathed to just move it.  There are quite a few of 
> Math's dependencies that are introduced via similar headers that exist for 
> maintenance/testing/optional use, and are not included by any of the 
> "include everything" entry point headers.

Yes, Math has headers such as <boost/math/tools/test.hpp> and 
<boost/math/tools/test_data.hpp> that are probably only needed by its tests, 
and could have been in the test/ directory instead of include/. 
<boost/math/tools/remez.hpp> could have been in libs/math/minimax, and so 
on.