The default C/C++ language communities are gaining momentum to fix the Header file problem.
Here is another interesting proposal for Modules in C++:
http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/papers/2015/n4465.pdfWhat I noticed was that they also state macro's as a big problem and also use the word
Evolution.
So more indications we're moving in the right direction
There are some differences howevery:
- In C2, you can choose which declarations to export outside the source (in the recipe file)
- The paper exports all symbols put in the module, C2 distinguishes between public in a Module and exporting from the compilation unit
- The paper proposal sub-modules, while C2 only allows a single layer to avoid having to mangle the symbols
- In C2 you only type-once, so no forward decls, etc. The paper requires exporting the symbol, separate from defining it.
