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Moving C to its own directory (was Re: ObjC tree inlining)
On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 04:59:53PM +0000, Neil Booth wrote:
> c-lang.c is C only. I think it would be good to create a C directory
> for the C front end to dispel confusion like this. It might also help
> towards making C just another front end, rather than the somewhat
> special status it currently has. What do you think Joseph?
The usual objection to this is that it makes CVS history browsing more
difficult,e.g., the problems discussed in
http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_7.html#SEC66
No matter which of the two or three methods of moving files we use, at
least one CVS operation will be much harder.
I raise this objection only to get it out of the way; personally I feel
we should just bite the bullet and move the files. But I won't be nearly
as affected by the change as others.
Phil
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