[SERVER-26774] Replace forward declarations with forwarding headers Created: 25/Oct/16 Updated: 25/Sep/17 Resolved: 25/Sep/17 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | Core Server |
| Component/s: | Internal Code |
| Affects Version/s: | None |
| Fix Version/s: | None |
| Type: | Improvement | Priority: | Major - P3 |
| Reporter: | Nathan Myers | Assignee: | Nathan Myers |
| Resolution: | Won't Fix | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | None | ||
| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Time Spent: | Not Specified | ||
| Original Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
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| Description |
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Use of "forward declarations", e.g. "class Client;" adds brittleness to the codebase, because changing a class to a template means changing a potentially enormous number of files, or adding otherwise unnecessary scaffolding. It is better to collect such declarations into specialized headers, like "client_fwd.h", so they exist in just one place. |
| Comments |
| Comment by Nathan Myers [ 27/Oct/16 ] |
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https://evergreen.mongodb.com/version/581197e33ff1224553000126 |