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Re: P2581R0: Specifying the Interoperability of Binary Module Interface Files

From: Boris Kolpackov <boris_at_[hidden]>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2022 16:18:13 +0200
Nathan Sidwell via SG15 <sg15_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On 5/3/22 08:48, Gabriel Dos Reis via SG15 wrote:
> >I have a lot to say in this thread, but a request for the CMake folks:
> >
> >>CXX_MODULE_HEADERS
> >
> >Please, can we avoid "module headers" or "header modules" as terminology in the community?
> >We've settled on "header units". If we need something more than that, please let's work on it.
>
> Absolutely. Also, in some contexts 'modules' can refer to both 'named
> modules' and 'header units', and in others just the former. It is best to
> be unambiguous.

While at it, can we also agree to call BMI a BMI and not CMI or IFC?

It must be really baffling to someone looking from the outside that
we have three different terms for this.

Received on 2022-05-03 14:18:19