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RE: [cdt-dev] why create a Binary (ICElement) only if it's in an output directory?
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It's more like a performance enhancement. It's pretty expensive to
figure out whether a file is a binary or not so the output folder is
there to help speed it up if you need.
Doug.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Cortell
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:56 PM
> To: cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cdt-dev] why create a Binary (ICElement) only if
> it's in an output directory?
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> I'm trying to understand why we restrict the display of a
> binary (obj, dll, executable, lib, etc) as an expandable
> Binary object in our views only if it's located in the output
> directory of a project.
> The restriction in the code is in CModelManager.create(IFile,
> IBinaryFile, ICProject). Same thing for static libraries (archives).
> Anyone know the reasoning behind this?
>
> John
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