Re: Why we split the include directory to so many sub-directories?

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 17:41 +1100, Dancefire wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I know I can use property sheet in MSVC under Windows. But the reason
> I have to use it is that there are too many include directory to
> setup, to easy my life, I have to use the property sheet.
> 
> I checked the \gtkmm\include directory. It is like following:
> 
> ├─atk-1.0
> │  └─atk
> ├─atkmm-1.6
> │  └─atkmm
> │      └─private
> ├─cairo
> ├─cairomm-1.0
> │  └─cairomm
> ├─gdkmm-2.4
> │  └─gdkmm
> │      └─private
> ├─giomm-2.4
> │  └─giomm
> │      └─private
> ├─glib-2.0
> │  ├─gio
> │  ├─glib
> │  └─gobject
> ...
> 
> To include them, I have to put \gtkmm\include\atk-1.0\, \gtkmm\include
> \atkmm-1.6\, \gtkmm\include\gdkmm-2.4\, ... to my additional include
> directories.
> 
> However, it seems not necessary in this way. Why not put them
> together? Such as:
> 
> ├─atk
> ├─atkmm
> │  └─private
> ├─cairomm
> ├─gdkmm
> │  └─private
> ├─giomm
> │  └─private
> ├─gio
> ├─glib
> ├─gobject
> ...

So that ABI-incompatible versions (such as gtkmm-1.2, gtkmm 2.0, or a
future gtkmm-3.0 ABI version) can install in parallel without forcing
you to port all your applications at the same time.

> So, when setting the project, I only need put \gtkmm\include to the
> additional include directories setting.
> 
> If we use autolink technology together, the MSVC is not necessary any
> more. Since it is just set the include and library directories, and
> library name.

> 
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