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Re: Non-C/C++/ObjC source files in /usr/include subdirectories



Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net> writes:

> Previously Florian Weimer wrote:
> > Is it acceptable to put source files for non-C-related languages
> > (such as Python, Perl, Ada, Java, and so on) in subdirectories
> > under /usr/include?
> 
> I'ld say no. Those languages don't use include files, they use
> libraries.

What about the Ada case?  GNAT pretty much requires that complete
source code is present for all compilation units at compilation (and
binding/linking) time.  And package specs are very similar to C header
files, at least with the GNAT compilation model.

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