[Dune-devel] Naming of single-inclusion macros

[Steffen Müthing]

I like the idea - in PDELab, we are gradually switching to this scheme as well. So +1.

Steffen

Am 01.10.2013 um 10:30 schrieb Oliver Sander:

> Dear Dune,
> I would like to propose yet another change to our naming rules.  Don't be scared,
> this one is simple.
> On our rules page it states that the single-inclusion macro for a header file foo.hh
> should be DUNE_FOO_HH.  However, I have already experienced name clashes here, because
> some header names like solver.hh or grid.hh are likely to exist more than once.
> I therefore propose to encode the entire path of each header in the macro.
> For example, a file foo.hh in the the 'common' directory of dune-grid would have the macro
> DUNE_GRID_COMMON_FOO_HH.  This would ensure unique macro names.  Any objections
> to adding this to our list of rules?
> 
> *Note*: this is *not* a call to change all those macro names right now.  It should just
> establish an ideal that is used when these macro names are touched anyway, or when new
> headers are introduced.
> 
> Cheers,
> Oliver
> 
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