Hello, On Wed, 08 May 2013 18:58:49 +1000 Gary Houston <ghous...@arglist.com> wrote:
> The source code of this package has been written as a single large > NoWeb file. The Makefile automatically converts it into C and > documentation. However, I found this initially mystifying, as I > suspect it would also be to other casual readers who would like to > know better how the software works. I imagine it also makes it > difficult to maintain. It would be easy enough to convert it to a > conventional C project: > Run the makefile to generate the C files. > Generate again a few C files that get deleted, for some reason. > Clean up the C files by removing #line indicators and reindenting. > Copy any useful documentation from the noweb file into new C comments. > Rework the makefile to build from C, removing references to noweb. > Delete unneeded noweb files and build tools. Sorry, but while I'm planning to do that in some future, it's not a bug at all, and there can't be any ‘should’. Actually, it doesn't make the maintenance any more difficult once you're used to it. -- WBR, Andrew
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