On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 8:48 AM Gabriel Dos Reis via SG15 <
sg15_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> A library can be madr of several modules, so if the hypothesis is that
> only modules interface files (e.g. ixx or cppm files) are provided for that
> library along with a static or shared object, why are we focusing on
> modules as basic units instead of taking libraries as basic units?
>

Using libraries as the unit is what Daniel's other thread/proposal
"Exploring another alternative for Distributing C++ Module Libraries"
explored - looking up the library location (doesn't work for header-only
libraries, though, and requires either some interaction with the linker, or
duplicating some of the linker search logic) and then finding a
configuration file there that described all the modules owned by the
library.

I think we started with modules as the unit because it potentially
simplified discovery - by using the module name to locate the module
interface source and its build configuration information. (still another
search-path to search, but maybe a simpler one than the library search path
with its extra suffixes and prefixes? Not sure)


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> Rivera Morell via SG15 <sg15_at_[hidden]>
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> *Cc:* René Ferdinand Rivera Morell <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]>
> *Subject:* Re: [SG15] Meeting on Friday March 4th at 9AM Pacific.
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> On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 10:25 AM Olga Arkhipova via SG15 <
> sg15_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Boost is header only (IIRC), so user just needs to add its directories to
> the Include dirs.
>
>
> Boost is a mixture of header-only, header+source, and dual-mode individual
> libraries. Although the default distribution of Boost is source without
> binaries. The binaries, i.e. DLLs and/or LIBs, are generated by users and
> packaging providers.
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