Re: config.h
- From: Skip Montanaro <skip pobox com>
- To: Jon Trowbridge <trow ximian com>
- Cc: gtk-devel-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: config.h
- Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 21:02:28 -0600
Jon> No good, right-thinking library should ever install its config.h
Jon> file or #include "config.h" in any of its headers.
Jon> I doubt very much that gtk+ is doing this. If it is, it is a
Jon> serious bug.
Python does both, and I assume for good reason. When people write C
extension modules, it provides them with the same (extensive) set of
#defines used to compile Python. It's unreasonable to expect everyone to
write and maintain their own configure scripts. I don't write C-based Gtk
apps, but if I did, I would find it useful to have the information the Gtk
authors gleaned from the system available to me. Why should I reinvent the
wheel?
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Skip Montanaro (skip pobox com - http://www.mojam.com/)
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