Yeah, I have no recollection why either, but agree it was probably something like what you describe.
On Friday, August 14, 2009 at 21:32:12 (+0100) Andrew Ross writes: > > Perhaps it was because config.h was only available on autoconf > generated builds in the past. The plDevs.h version must have > been useful for windows and other builds. There was a lot of > duplication like this in config.h and plConfig.h which I > pruned out recently as well. With cmake the distinction has > gone. > > I can't think of any other likely reason. I'd go ahead and make the > changes. > > Andrew > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 01:06:55PM -0700, Alan Irwin wrote: > > To Maurice and Andrew: > > > > Since the earth was cooling we seemed to have been maintaining a list of > > configurable #define PLD_* macros in both include/plDevs.h.cmake and > > config.h.cmake, and I have a question about those configurable macros. > > > > Could one of you (or anybody else here) remind me why we maintain two > > duplicate lists? Ideally, I would like to get rid of all the > > > > #cmakedefine PLD_* > > > > configurables in config.h.cmake, and use #include "plDevs.h" where needed > > (e.g., in the small fraction of files in drivers/* that do not include > > plDevs.h now.) > > > > Comments on that possible change would be appreciated. > > > > Alan > > __________________________ > > Alan W. Irwin > > > > Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, > > University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). > > > > Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation > > for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software > > package (plplot.org); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of > > Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project > > (lbproject.sf.net). > > __________________________ > > > > Linux-powered Science > > __________________________ > > -- Maurice LeBrun ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
