Again: FFI syntax
Simon Marlow
simonmar at microsoft.com
Wed May 30 09:04:25 EDT 2001
> No, it does not necessarily require <>. If you write
>
> #include "foo.h"
>
> the C compiler will *also* look in all places where it would
> look for
>
> #include <foo.h>
>
> The only case where <> is needed is where there are two
> versions of `foo.h'. One where only "foo.h" will find it
> and one in the system search path used by <foo.h>. In this
> case, "foo.h" and <foo.h> will find different versions.
>
> So, it all boils down to the question of whether this
> (probably rare) case justifies the (not very large) extra
> complexity of allowing header file names enclosed in <>.
Ah, ok. In that case, I don't think we should go to the trouble of
allowing <>.
Cheers,
Simon
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