[M3devel] hidden interface vs. public Interface? hidden isn't hidden?

[Tony Hosking]

This being hidden *source* files are not shipped.
I'm pretty sure that is still the behaviour.
Jay, is it possible that you had a source file left behind from previous install?

On 14 Apr 2010, at 07:01, Olaf Wagner wrote:

> Quoting Jay K <jay.krell at cornell.edu>:
> 
>> 
>> I tried changing from Interface("Utime") to interface("Utime").
>> 
>>    Now, it turns out, that is a mistake anyway, there are still  uses, and they aren't going away.
>> 
>> But even so, this change doesn't do what it is supposed to.
>> Utime gets marked "hidden" in the .M3EXPORTS files.
>> I haven't yet decipered the .m3x file.
>> I'm still able to build clients e.g. m3-games/tetris.
>> I'm certain I'm using the updated one. I even rm -rf /cm3/pkg/m3core.
>> 
>> It seems "hidden" doesn't work?
>> 
>> I'll have to dig into the .m3x file I think.
> 
> I remember that in the SRC system, hidden files weren't shipped at all
> to the global package pool. Critical Mass changed that, because hey
> wanted the source to be available for browsing.
> 
> I always assumed that the compiler was able to hnour the hidden state
> of the interface nonetheless.
> 
> If it doesn't work, we should fix it.
> 
> Olaf
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