From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-17 08:54:44
Toon Knapen wrote:
> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>>
>> Of course I agree with everything you have said. I am only arguing that
>> the author of B should be able to be explicit about which of A's
>> usage-requirements are propogated on to B's clients.
>>
>
> Is there a use-case for this? I can't think of a usage-requirement that
> I do _not_ want to propagate to direct but also indirect dependents.
> Could you give an explicit example?
Very simple: libB uses libC as an implementation detail, and so needs
libC's headers to be in its #include path. libC's headers are not
#included in any of libB's headers. libA doesn't need libC's headers in
its #include path; it only directly uses libB.
-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com