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Re: a semantic change
- To: Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com>
- Subject: Re: a semantic change
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
- Date: 15 May 1998 12:03:36 -0700
- Cc: Zack Weinberg <zack@rabi.phys.columbia.edu>, libc-hacker@gnu.org
- References: <199805151703.NAA13901@baalperazim.frob.com>
- Reply-To: drepper@cygnus.com (Ulrich Drepper)
Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com> writes:
> It does seem like more gratuitous magic if you ask me. The fewer things
> that work automagically based on the optional presence of some files, the
> better. Also, has Zack made sure this does not slow down the build at all?
The rules are executed once at build time of the shared obhect and
therefore shouldn't affect runtime.
About the magic: The current approach requires to remember to put
several different things in the right place. With removing the
variables we reduce this a bit.
-- Uli
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