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X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.65 on 172.16.0.20 X-Server-Quench: f82dafe1-5e4d-11e6-bcde-0015176ca198 X-AuthReport-Spam: If SPAM / abuse - report it at: http://www.authsmtp.com/abuse X-AuthRoute: OCd1ZAARAlZZVg1f DC4bFwdFRBksPQFF ChxFJgxfNl8UURhQ KkJXbgYSJgVNAnhE VHkJW1VSQFx2U2Fz YQpUIwdcYVRPXwB0 UklLXFNTEBpqBAMA SFsZW24Tc2VGeHl3 bEdqEHFaWk14OxB1 QBoFQzgHeGI1bDQC UUENcR4GI1cfYx9F a1V+U3VeMGQObjQC Ml17DBs4ODEaLCVO XjRFDFQOTFwFFzUx B1YHGTRuVUkCTCwv LhsgQl4B X-Authentic-SMTP: 61633634383431.1038:706 X-AuthFastPath: 0 (Was 255) X-AuthSMTP-Origin: 213.105.212.114/25 X-AuthVirus-Status: No virus detected - but ensure you scan with your own anti-virus system. Subject: RE: [Caml-list] Interface(.mli) location SF Markus Elfring wrote: >=20 > > I think the use-case is too niche to justify breaking backwards > > compatibility. >=20 > Do you care for development challenges around parallel software builds? >=20 > Would you like to consider other possibilities? I don't follow you here, I'm afraid. My point was I think it better to add = something new which fixes this, rather than risk breaking other things by c= hanging existing behaviour. > > That's potentially a very subtle way to break someone else's existing > build system. >=20 > How do you think about the application of an extra environment variable > (or a command line parameter) which specifies the preferred directory for > the storage of compiled interface descriptions? What does that solve? > > The existing behaviour is precisely documented in the manual >=20 > I find that there is still room for interpretation. What kind of room, though? The only ambiguity I can see is precisely how yo= u handle references on the command line including directory names. > > (even if it's not necessarily the best approach). >=20 > Are you looking for corresponding software extensions? Afraid I don't follow that. David