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From: David Abrahams (gclbb-jamboost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-27 18:20:27


Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Konstantin M. Litvinenko wrote:
>
>> VP> Yep, here's the duplication again....
>>
>> Yeah :( I think if library depends on another library than you should
>> implicitly add <library> to usage requirements section.
>
> I recall Ali Azarbayejani was proposing to make <library> semantic more
> user-friendly, but that discussion did not ended in anything. Need to
> revisit the topic someday.

Ali and I actually discussed this last Friday and came up with some
solutions. Part of the answer is to give explicit control over
property propagation. I hope Ali will post our conclusions by
tomorrow (he has the notes).

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Dave Abrahams
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