The Gnu Compiler Collection, Version 3.4

The Gnu Compiler Collection, Version 3.4

Posted May 9, 2004 22:40 UTC (Sun) by alextingle (subscriber, #20593)
In reply to: The Gnu Compiler Collection, Version 3.4 by nobrowser
Parent article: The Gnu Compiler Collection, Version 3.4

When lots of header files refer to one another, large project builds tend to become unmanagable. One change to a single header file can force the recompilation of hundreds of objects. This can slow development to a crawl.

The preferred alternative is to use forward declarations where possible in the header file itself, and put the #include in the body file.

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