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From: Ben Boeckel <ben.boeckel@kitware.com>
To: Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>
Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [modules] Preprocessing requires compiled header unit modules
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 08:05:33 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YmFIjb/GwaEX9GVQ@farprobe> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <boris.20220421055949@codesynthesis.com>

On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 06:05:52 +0200, Boris Kolpackov wrote:
> I don't think it is. A header unit (unlike a named module) may export
> macros which could affect further dependencies. Consider:
> 
> import "header-unit.hpp"; // May or may not export macro FOO.
> 
> #ifdef FOO
> import "header-unit2.hpp"
> #endif

I agree that the header needs to be *found*, but scanning cannot require
a pre-existing BMI for that header. A new mode likely needs to be laid
down to get the information necessary (instead of just piggy-backing on
`-E` behavior to get what I want).

--Ben

  reply	other threads:[~2022-04-21 12:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-02-24 23:46 Ben Boeckel
2022-04-21  4:05 ` Boris Kolpackov
2022-04-21 12:05   ` Ben Boeckel [this message]
2022-04-21 17:59     ` Iain Sandoe
2022-04-21 18:08       ` Ben Boeckel
2022-04-21 18:18         ` Iain Sandoe
2022-04-22 14:08     ` Boris Kolpackov
2022-04-22 15:06       ` Iain Sandoe
2022-04-25  9:20         ` Boris Kolpackov
2022-04-22 16:05       ` Ben Boeckel
2022-04-25  9:42         ` Boris Kolpackov
2022-04-25 11:34           ` Ben Boeckel

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