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RE: [PATCH] Move path_prefix_p declaration from cygheap.h to path.h


> Ok.  Lets just stop the discussion right here.
>
> I will deal with the issue of header file inclusion.
>
> I'm not asking for a discussion of everyone's idea of the best way to
> handle things.  I don't want to go down that rat hole.
>

Mr. Faylor, I apologize if I have, in some manner which escapes me, offended
you or anyone else involved in the Cygwin project, a project which I find
inestimably valuable both personally and to the computing community as a
whole.  I was merely attempting to volunteer my services to abate
deficiencies we both saw in the project.

> I was aware of the potential for keeping the definition that you are
> concerned about in path.h.  I could have included path.h in cygheap.h.
> I could have made it multiple-inclusion safe.  I decided not to do that
> because at some point I want to revamp (again) the way that header files
> are laid out.  So, instead, I put a FIXME in the file as a reminder.
> I probably should have made the FIXME more verbose.
>
> So, for now, please live with the way that things are currently arranged.
>
> Thanks.
>
> cgf
>


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