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diff --git a/doc/intro.cli b/doc/intro.cli index 10548a5..cac0030 100644 --- a/doc/intro.cli +++ b/doc/intro.cli @@ -2286,20 +2286,21 @@ and tools, scale to complex, real-world requirements, and, last but not least, are pleasant to work with. The canonical structure is primarily meant for a package \- a single library -or program (or, sometimes, a collection of related programs) with a specific -and well-defined function. While it may be less suitable for more elaborate, -multi-library/program \i{end-products} that are not meant to be packaged, most -of the recommendations discussed below would still apply. Oftentimes, you -would start with a canonical project and expand from there. Note also that -while the discussion below focuses on C++, most of it applies equally to C -projects. +or program (or, sometimes, a collection of related libraries or programs) +with a specific and well-defined function. While it may be less suitable for +more elaborate, multi-library/program \i{end-products} that are not meant to +be packaged, most of the recommendations discussed below would still +apply. Oftentimes, you would start with a canonical project and expand from +there. Note also that while the discussion below focuses on C++, most of it +applies equally to C projects. \N|We often find ourselves factoring common functionality out of such end-products and into separate packages, for example, in order to be reused in another end-product). In this light, it can be helpful to organize a new end-product project as a composition of individual packages or source subdirectories that follow the canonical structure. The \l{bdep-new(1)} -\c{--package} and \c{--subdirectory} modes can used to automate this process.| +\c{--package} and \c{--subdirectory} modes can be used to automate this +process.| Projects created by the \l{bdep-new(1)} command have the canonical structure. The overall layouts for executable (\c{-t\ exe}) and library (\c{-t\ lib}) @@ -2517,9 +2518,9 @@ why take the chance when there are no benefits. So let's imagine the \c{\"\"} style inclusion does not exist and we will all have a much better time.| If you have to disregard every rule and recommendation in this section but -one, for example, because you are working on an existing library, then insist -on this: \b{public header inclusions must use the library name as a directory -prefix}. +one, for example, because you are working on an existing library, then at +minimum insist on this: \b{public header inclusions must use the library name +as a directory prefix}. The project's source subdirectory can have subdirectories of its own, for example, to organize the code into components. Naturally, header inclusions |