ConfigurationOptions

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Handling of options specified in libraries.

Available Options

  • read only
  • assertions
  • .NET namespace
  • profile
  • trace
  • optimize (unused)
  • .NET application optimize
  • debug clauses
  • warnings

Problem

Should option values be specified in a library or in a project that uses the library?

Solutions

Library

A library is a black box and therefore everything is specified in the library. Usual settings could be

  • read only
  • precondition assertions
  • some useful .NET namespace
  • no profile, no trace, no debug, no warnings
  • optimize

Overriding values

  • on libraries directly included in the application we can specify option values directly in the library group that includes the library

Application

An application should have full control, therefore we use values specified in the application. A common scenario could be that a user has a library which he uses in another application and the testing of the library is done by using it in the application, therefore all warnings should be reported, debugs, trace, profile could be enabled, assertion level may be higher.

Example

Config example.png

Simplified configuration system of the compiler. ES is EiffelStudio (the application), vision2 is the graphic library used by ES which internally uses WEL. The application and all libraries use base.

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