Hi Eitan, On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 02:15, Eitan Zahavi wrote: > Hi Hal, > > Regarding the directory structure of OpenSM: > From the developer standpoint it makes life easier to have the H files > located on the same directory the C file is located. I still use > "grep" a lot.
Couldn't the grep be done from one level up and get pretty much the same thing ? > I could not find even one GNU stile project that uses a separate > include directory for H files during the development phase (all of > them eventually install H files into $prefix/include). > Please see the short list of projects below as a reference but > actually I picked them randomly from the FSF GNU projects page. > > Tcl > Expat > Enscript > Gimp gcc and gdb have include directories in their source distribution. Others: GGI > So I guess this methodology of keeping all H files in a separate > directory is more a "kernel" convention? I don't think so. > What are the implications of moving the H files each into its sources > dir? What are the implications of not doing this ? > This issue is more a style and adherence to the standard coding > practices for user level code then something that prevents us from > progressing. I do think it is a style issue and don't think there are any real technical arguments either way. > However I wonder what are the strong reasons for keeping it the way it > is? Is there a strong reason for changing it ? -- Hal _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
