[m-rev.] for review: smart recompilation

[Fergus Henderson]

On 28-May-2001, Simon Taylor <stayl at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> 
> compiler/recompilation.m:
> 	Type declarations for smart recompilation.
> 	Predicates to record program items used by compilation.
...
> Index: compiler/recompilation.m
> +% File: recompilation.m
> +% Main author: stayl
> +%
> +% Smart recompilation.
> +%
> +% Currently smart recompilation does not work properly with
> +% inter-module optimization. If a `.opt' file changes, all modules
> +% importing it need to be recompiled.
> +%
> +% A module must be recompiled if
> +% - The file itself has changed.
> +% - An imported item used in compiling the module has changed or been removed.
> +% - An item has been added to an imported module which could cause an
> +%   ambiguity with an item used in compiling the module.

I suggest you swap the order of the two paragraphs above.

Also, there should be some comments explaining what this module is for,
e.g. as you have in the cvs log message.

-- 
Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs.mu.oz.au>  |  "I have always known that the pursuit
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