Re: [pcre-dev] More Windows-related/misc. tweaks

On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, Daniel Richard G. wrote:

> My "must" is only a matter of practice, but I think it's a good rule.
> Indented hash marks are such a trivial benefit, it makes you ask, "I'm
> breaking compatibility with older systems for *this?*"

Exim has got away with it since 1996. :-)

> Personally, I think #include<> and -I... give more predictable behavior, as
> the search locations are made explicit. This can be helpful in complicated
> situations like an out-of-source-tree build.

Indeed. I'm quite happy in the autoconf/.configure world. The "hand
build" world is small, and I can now point at warning words in the
documentation. I can live with that.

Philip

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Philip Hazel, University of Cambridge Computing Service.