In a recent upgrade, we noticed that -I- functionality is being replaced with -iquote. This -iquote does not have the same functionality as -I- and is removing a strong function that is needed.
-I- provides the ability to have include files (.h) reference files in the same directory and yet use the Makefile path structure to actually find the .h file. This means that when doing a Master/Dev area development structure that a programmer can take the secondary include file into the Dev area and not have to worry about the initial header file not finding the file. Example: Consider a large Include file directory that has the following files: toplevel.h secondary.h toplevel.h has a include "secondary.h" line in it to make toplevel always compile. Programmer X then needs to make changes to secondary.h. Copies the file to his/her development area and then changes the file. The Makefiles properly search the Development area Include directories before it searches the Master area Include directories. Without -I- toplevel.h will always find the secondary.h file in MASTER even though the Makefile explicitly told the compiler to search for the secondary.h in the Development area. The new functionality of -iquote does not provide the same functionality or ease of use. Please consider either expanding -iquote to include the search include system of -I- or keep -I- around. Chris Litchfield
