Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B UNSW 1.0 3/14/84; site elecvax.SUN Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!mulga!munnari!basser!elecvax!stephenf From: stephenf@elecvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Let ME try for a new topic... Message-ID: <231@elecvax.SUN> Date: Thu, 7-Jun-84 14:06:07 EDT Article-I.D.: elecvax.231 Posted: Thu Jun 7 14:06:07 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Jun-84 00:29:21 EDT References: <182@itm.UUCP> <2506@allegra.UUCP> Organization: EE and CS, Uni of NSW, Sydney, Australia Lines: 21 Re: include files including other files. I personally think this is a good idea, but it has slightly wider implications, at least on our system. We have a makefile which controls making of the entire source on our system. Individual programs are given dependancies largely based on include files, and these dependancy lists are often generated automatically. If someone is adding a new program to the makefile, they typically grep for "include" to get the dependancies. If system include files included others, then they would miss the other include files that were not directly included in the program. I still think it's a good idea - I'm just pointing out one implication of it. Are there others? - Stephen Frede University of New South Wales Australia ...decvax!mulga!stephenf:elecvax