On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Jarred Nicholls <jar...@webkit.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <rn...@webkit.org> wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Daniel Bratell <brat...@opera.com>wrote: >> >>> Is this something that has been talked about in the past, and would you >>> be interested in replacing the long list of directories to search for every >>> include with paths (relative some good base) directly in the include >>> directives? >>> >> >> Using explicit paths to include files has been talked about in the past; >> e.g. >> https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2011-November/018632.html >> >> The most convincing counter argument I can remember is that it'll make >> refactoring harder because you'll have to update all #include's when you >> move headers. >> > > A few tailored scripts make that an easier job. We're all engineers after > all. > We have been talking about this for years, and we even have bugs: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61772 Given that, I'm somewhat skeptical if we ever get around to it in foreseeable future. - R. Niwa
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