Re: src/post_modules vs. src/modules

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:45:02PM +0000, Mirar @ Pike developers forum wrote:

post_modules was created when you *didn't* need a Pike to create a Pike from the CVS source. :)

but the pike needed to export pike from cvs and the pike needed to build a module are not necesarily the same. the need for pike at export time should be as small as possible, and anything that can be delayed to build-time should be.

code that runs in post_modules has the advantage of being able to rely on the latest pike version instead of having to be able to deal with an older version. the export code needs to be conservative, so that it will run with any old pike version.

greetings, martin.