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Re: [PATCH 00/13] Installed-header hygiene (BZ#20366)
- From: Zack Weinberg <zackw at panix dot com>
- To: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at redhat dot com>
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:05:26 -0400
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] Installed-header hygiene (BZ#20366)
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On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 08/29/2016 09:16 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>> Last release cycle I made some noises about cleaning up the installed
>> headers---specifically, I think they should all be tested to compile
>> as both C and C++, in a variety of modes, without having included
>> any other headers first. There's not a lot of bugs in this area,
>> but there's enough to get 13 patches out of them :) Mainly because
>> I broke it up very fine for review. It would probably be best to
>> squash it down to just one patch for landing.
>
> In general can you verify that the generated code does not change after
> each patch in the set? That would go a long way to making this truly
> a mechanical change and it's acceptance one which cleans up the headers
> for use with C or C++ in various modes.
Yes, I can do that. Joseph, I know you've done similar things - do
you have a script I can borrow, or should I come up with my own?
zw