[Aldor-l] [fricas-devel] libaxiom.al: dependencies

[Bill Page]

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 7:08 AM, Ralf Hemmecke wrote:
> ...
> Suppose I have 3 files a.ap b.ap, c.ap where a depends directly on b but
> not directly on c. And where b depends directly on c.
>
> Now I want to create the corresponding .ao file.
>
> Is it enough if while compiling a.ap that only b.ao is mentioned as
> a library?
>
> The current compiler 1.1.0 compiles the stuff below without problem.
> If it really is enough to list direct dependencies why should one
> bother to figure out dependencies recursively?
> ...

Isn't the point of chasing dependencies to find the strongly connected
components, i.e. the cycles in the dependency graph? As I understand
it, these need special treatment.

Or did you mean something else by this question?

Regards,
Bill Page.