[PD-dev] [ pure-data-Feature Requests-1420215 ] change the name of the header-file

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Feature Requests item #1420215, was opened at 2006-01-31 10:14
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Category: puredata-dev
Group: None
Status: Open
Priority: 2
Submitted By: IOhannes m zmölnig (zmoelnig)
Assigned to: Miller Puckette (millerpuckette)
Summary: change the name of the header-file

Initial Comment:
pd is the only software i know which has such a weird
naming for the public header: "m_pd.h"
while this name is logical within pd's internal naming
scheme (as explained in src/notes.txt) i think it is an
annoyance to have a "/usr/include/m_pd.h" file after
installation.
i would like to propose the official header file to be
called "pd.h"

for compatibility reasons we could still provide an
"m_pd.h" which in turn includes "pd.h".
i would suggest to emit a warning (via the "#warning"
or the "#pragma warn" preprocessor directoves, to
indicate that the m_pd.h-header is deprecated for
externals.
in a second step (after a grace period of say 6
months), we could even put an "#error" into the m_pd.h.

a simpler possibility would be to add a "pd.h" which
includes "m_pd.h"


i know that this is really just cosmetic.

mfga.sdr
IOhannes

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