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RE: [PATCH] Move path_prefix_p declaration from cygheap.h to path.h
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- Subject: RE: [PATCH] Move path_prefix_p declaration from cygheap.h to path.h
- From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g dot r dot vansickle at worldnet dot att dot net>
- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 22:09:55 -0500
> 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
>