On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:55:58PM +0100, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > Angus Leeming wrote: > >Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>Each time I try to get back to work on LyX I am appalled by the > >>time it takes to compile and link. > > > >Agreed. > > > >>Testcase is src/graphics. Pretty selfcontained, modern C++ the > >>way we like it. A total of 2608 lines in 11 *.C files. > > > >>Now, cp *.C Graphics.C, adjust Makefile.am > > > >It seems to me that multiple .C files are an aid to humans. I find it much > >easier to navigate such a setup. I suspect I'm not alone. > > Count me in. The one class/one file mantra is good IMHO.
We found a method to stay with a class per file and still have larger compilation units. > >Given that your solution to the problems that the compiler has with these > >11 files is so simple, why don't we introduce a new rule to the makefile > >to do just as you suggest? Ie, let the makefile perform the concatenation? > > > >This may be truly hard with Automake, but it's surely do-able with scons. > > Personally I think that compilation with CMake/MSVC8 is very fine... Still, MSVC8 doesn't run on *nix. Andre'
