Re: Keeping Spec and Body Separate

From: Mark C. Stock <mcstockX_at_Xenquery>
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:18:53 -0400
Message-ID: <BsudnRthaJW889rZnZ2dnUVZ_u2dnZ2d@comcast.com>

"Miggins" <mtproc_at_yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1145524211.630704.116360_at_i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
: Hi,
:
: Can anybody give me a list of pros and cons for keeping package specs
: and bodies separate.
:
: TIA
:

the spec should be more stable than the body -- ie, it should generally not change during maintenance

revising and recompiling the body does not invalidate dependencies

unnecessaryily recompiling the spec will invalidate dependencies

++ mcs Received on Thu Apr 20 2006 - 06:18:53 CDT