[Mapserver-dev] Modularizing mapserver

[Sean Gillies]

On Sep 16, 2004, at 10:54 AM, Daniel Morissette wrote:

> Sean Gillies wrote:
>> Currently, every file is lumped under mapserver/ and every file
>> is a build target that may or may not have an #ifdef bracketing
>> its code.  Wouldn't it be better to handle conditional compilation
>> of packages (such as PDF, iamgemap, SWF) in the makefile than in
>> the source?
>
> Better? It depends on who you ask. Steve's approach to dealing with 
> optional components in MapServer has been to always compile every 
> file, and use #ifdefs to disable the code and provide stub functions 
> for disabled components. That didn't seem natural for me at first 
> either, but I got used to it, and I don't see any problem with that 
> approach, so as usual I would say:"if it ain't broken don't touch 
> it"... and vote against that change... unless someone can demonstrate 
> that there are real issues with this approach of course.
>
> Daniel

Yes, the current approach works.  I was suggesting that a modular 
approach
would be more sustainable in the long run, that's all.

Sean

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