Re: [jamboost] Re: Simplify target path generation?

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-22 00:38:38

David Abrahams wrote:

> > Or hash the directory name and only have something like:
> >
> > gcc/1234567/...
>
> Sure, that could do the job, making the chance of a collision
> infinitesimally small. Taking a cue from tinyurl.com we should
> probably use a base-36 representation of the hash.

The only problem with this is that target path stops being extremely long and 
starts being expremely cryptic. I sometimes go to bin dir to look at 
generated files, for example, and it would be nice to know which dir to look 
at.

OTOH, as far as generatated sources are concerned, I hope they'll soon be 
generated to "bin" directory, without any unnecessary "gcc" and "debug" 
parts. So maybe this question can be raised again then.

- Volodya