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Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 16:43:44 -0400
From: Chuck Murcko <chuck@topsail.org>
Organization: The Topsail Group
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Subject: Re: conf.h and httpd.h and proxy module
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Jim Jagielski wrote:
> 
> Chuck Murcko wrote:
> >
> > Marc Slemko wrote:
> > >
> > > right now things can include conf.h or httpd.h, but things break if they
> > > do both.
> > >
> > Why is it lame to assume that core .h files should be includable by
> > other things? Especially conf.h? This sounds like some other side
> > effect, somehow. That says to me that we're accumulating a list of
> > gotchas for module writers and others. The regex stuff was an example of
> > that.
> >
> 
> Scuuze me.... but httpd.h includes conf.h itself.
> 
Which is why mod_proxy.h only includes httpd.h. I somehow don't
understand the problem here. Wrapping headers in #ifdefs is a lame
exercise for those who don't understand how headers work, who like to
#include everything that looks relevant, you see it all over Sun code.
-- 
chuck
Chuck Murcko
The Topsail Group, West Chester PA USA
chuck@topsail.org