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From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: MacApp pascal compiler - include files
Message-ID: <39177@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 4 Mar 90 23:04:13 GMT
References: <1990Feb22.083647.25101@isy.liu.se>
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In article <1990Feb22.083647.25101@isy.liu.se> frederia@isy.liu.se (Frederic Aron) writes:
>
>Developping a large CAD software into MacApp, we would like to increase the
>speed of the Pascal compiler. To avoid having compiling all the program when
>changing only a small part of it, we did as shown in the cookbook:
> - one UXXXX.p file for the interface
> - a set of UXXXX.incx.p files for each main group of objects for the
>implementation, declared as {$I UXXXX.incx.p}
>
>The problem is that the compiler is not compiling unless a change has been made
>in the first include file, and is then compiling all the include files!
>
>Thanks to anyone who could make me see the light!
>
>Frederic ARON
>Division of Applied Electronics
>University of Linkoping-Sweden
>frederia@isy.liu.se

Frederic,

What determines what files get recompiled is your XXX.MAMake file. You didn't
post your XXX.MAMake file, so I don't know if there is a mistake in it anywhere.
However, it should have a few lines that look something like this:

"{ObjApp}"UXXXX.p.o  <opt-f>	"{SrcApp}UXXX.p" <opt-d>
				"{SrcApp}UXXX.inc1.p" <opt-d>
				"{SrcApp}UXXX.inc2.p" <opt-d>
				etc.

This way, if any of your .incx.p files change, then your object file will be
marked out of date, and will be rebuilt.

I hope this helps,


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