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Re: [Tooling] Modules feedback

From: Ben Boeckel <ben.boeckel_at_[hidden]>
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2019 17:14:29 -0500
On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 00:05:29 +0200, Ville Voutilainen wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 at 23:58, Ben Boeckel <ben.boeckel_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > I think we're eventually going to see projects wanting to not have
> > headers at all and that means that `-devel` packages will need
> > *something*. But I'm personally leaning towards it being a compiler
> > thing, not a language thing. IIRC, there was mention on Reddit of a
> > format Microsoft was working on for distilling a module down to an
> > interface description. Getting *that* as a shippable and consumable
> > format would be great.
>
> You mean http://www.stroustrup.com/macis09.pdf?
> Also https://github.com/GabrielDosReis/ipr

I think so, yes. Gabriel Dos Reis was on the Reddit thread at least.

--Ben

Received on 2019-02-09 23:14:35