Splitting implementation and interface in C++ [LWN.net]

Splitting implementation and interface in C++

Posted Feb 27, 2025 18:41 UTC (Thu) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Splitting implementation and interface in C++ by mb
Parent article: Rewriting essential Linux packages in Rust

I checked a few Rust applications, and most of them do have lockfiles. So something will need to be done with that. I dislike just ignoring them, but then perhaps some form of a limited override should be OK?

And yep, it's strictly better than C. It's just not a trivial task...

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Splitting implementation and interface in C++

Posted Feb 27, 2025 19:11 UTC (Thu) by mb (subscriber, #50428) [Link]

The default for cargo install is to ignore the lock file:
https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/commands/cargo-install.ht...

There's no need to use a lock file or to use an online crates forge.
You can just use what is --offline available in your distribution.

I don't really get it why this would be a nontrivial task.

>I dislike just ignoring the

Well, you can either use it or ignore it.
If you don't want to use it, because you want to use your own packaged dependencies there's only the option to ignore it, right?