Branko Čibej wrote on Fri, 04 Jan 2019 15:31 +0100: > On 04.01.2019 15:20, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > > br...@apache.org wrote on Fri, 04 Jan 2019 10:38 +0000: > >> Move (some of the) standalone types into separate implementation headers > >> so that SVN++ can use them directly without exposing APR or other > >> dependencies. > >> +++ subversion/trunk/subversion/include/svn_opt_impl.h Fri Jan 4 > >> 10:38:53 2019 > >> @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ > >> + * @file svn_opt.h > >> + * @brief Option and argument parsing for Subversion command lines > >> + * (common implementation) > >> + */ > >> + > >> +/* NOTE: > >> + * This file *must not* include or depend on any other header except > >> + * the C standard library headers. > >> + */ > > Could the comment also explain the rationale for the restriction it imposes? > > No, not in every "impl" header we happen to create. But it is documented > in subversion/bindings/cxx/README, as one of the SVN++ design goals.
Shouldn't this be documented in the C API's documentation too, at least by reference? Someone working on the C headers in a year or three might not think to look in the C++ bindings for design choices of the C API.