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New issue 4068 by [email protected]: The intended use of libplatform.h is
very confusing
https://code.google.com/p/v8/issues/detail?id=4068
For my application, which embeds v8, I need to use
v8::platform::CreateDefaultPlatform, declared in libplatform.h. But I'm
extremely confused how I'm intended to do so.
I've installed v8 4.1.0.27 on OS X using homebrew. Here are the relevant
files
I see:
/usr/local/include/libplatform
/usr/local/include/libplatform/libplatform.h
/usr/local/include/v8-platform.h
/usr/local/lib/libv8_libplatform.a
This is all a bit crazy:
* The library file name is libv8_libplatform.a. The redundant 'lib' in
there is
ugly, but okay At least it has 'v8' in the name.
* In contrast, the include directly has entirely claimed the generic name
'libplatform', without any hint that this is related to v8.
* Also, include file names also don't usually use the string 'lib'.
* Also, the single include file really doesn't need its own directory.
* Seriously, you want this function only if you are using v8. Why does it
need
to pretend it's part of a different library?
* Most importantly: libplatform.h contains
`#include "include/v8-platform.h"`.
This of course doesn't work with default include paths. If I want to fix
it,
I have to set up /usr/local itself as an include path. That's just silly.
It's possible that this is the fault of the homebrew installation formula,
rather than v8 itself. Can you give some guidance on the following
questions?
1. If this is the fault of the way homebrew lays out the files, what is the
intended file layout? I will file a homebrew bug instead.
2. Otherwise, how are users intended to include libplatform.h, and what
include
paths should they be setting up to do so?
3. Can something be done about the other weird aesthetic issues described
above? These seem unnecessarily user-hostile.
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