Darren New wrote:

> That's basically what happens internally. I don't think it's like Java, 
> where putting multiple sources on the same line does things that 
> compiling them separately can't.  (For example, putting multiple sources 
> on the same line is the only way to get Java to compile circular 
> dependencies between classes, last I looked.)

When I looked, Sun's javac chokes on circular depends, but M$ 
VisualStudio J++ doesn't blink an eyelid. It just compiles.

This was a *long* time ago tho... Maybe Sun have fixed their compiler now?

(Before I get too smug, I gather GHC also doesn't like circular depends 
either. But then, in Haskell, module bounderies are arbitrary and the 
programmer can choose them. In Java, a class goes in a file, and you 
can't just move stuff from class to class at will. Not if you want your 
design to make sense anyway!)

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