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As an addition to code deps discussion. |
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I didnt understand exactly, why bin deps were supposed to be better than |
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what we have now, as i am not yet exactly sure what we have :) |
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Anyway, i see one basic plus of code deps. It's that you may have huge |
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number of codelines, all containing #defines and #ifdefs. You may know that |
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whenever it uses <?.h> header, it needs library ? -- but when you need <?.h> |
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may be somewhat complex case. There may be, for example, 40 different .h |
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files of your own, which include ?.h file -- and each of them may be |
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included only if corresponding useflag is set. In such case, it's easier to |
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describe, which package you need when <?.h> is used than to write all those |
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if's twise in code and some other place, which make sure if you need that ? |
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pack or not. |
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I havent done such thing in reality, so i dont know, how big problem it is |
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for a programmer (how much you have that situation i described in real |
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life), but i guess that this is the problem what binary deps were supposed |
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to solve. |
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-- |
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tvali |
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>From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when |
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you issue a read request. -P. Williams |
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If you think your management doesn't know what it's doing or that your |
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organisation turns out low-quality software crap that embarrasses you, then |
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leave. -Ed Yourdon |
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We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when |
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it's necessary to compromise. -Larry Wall |
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[ http://www.softwarequotes.com/ ] - |
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http://www.softwarequotes.com/ShowQuotes.asp?ID=544&Name=Borenstein,_Nathaniel_S. |
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- http://www.softwarequotes.com/ShowQuotes.asp?ID=571&Name=Boehm,_Barry |
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