Re: [Vala] Header file generation

["Vlad Grecescu" <b100dian gmail com>]

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Jürg Billeter <j bitron ch> wrote:
>  * Generate two sets of header files
>   For each source file foo.vala, we could generate foo-priv.h in
>   addition to foo.c and foo.h and move the internal C API there. One
>   issue with this approach is that it clutters the source directory
>   with even more files. The compiler will always have to generate all
>   three files, even if some are empty, to not break build system
>   integration.
>
>  * Generate one additional header file for the internal API
>   We could avoid generating many -priv.h by just generating one big
>   foo-priv.h file that contains the full internal. However, in some
>   projects you have a large internal API, for example, in applications
>   without plugin support. This means that rebuild performance would get
>   a lot worse.

How about a combination of the above two?

* Generate foo-priv.h for each foo.c

and

* Generate one additional header for *public* API
That is, rebuild costs raise only when changing public APIs


Vlad