cvs commit: src/gnu/lib/libreadline/readline Makefile

Andrey Chernov ache at nagual.pp.ru
Mon Oct 18 02:27:50 PDT 2004


On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 01:23:47PM +0400, Andrey Chernov wrote:
> In theory we can switch to another *curses, or make termcap as separate 
> library (even derived from ncurses, subset) to save lots of static linking 
> space. In all such cases in my variant we don't need to touch anything, 
> but in yours mass Makefiles rewriting required.

In other words: libraries and applications are linked to termcap, without 
knowing its implementation details. It is good, because things can be 
changed on the fly without any editing. But you insist that they MUST know 
implementation details. I see no reason for it.

-- 
Andrey Chernov | http://ache.pp.ru/
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