[Openexr-devel] use "" instead of <> for header?

[Kai-Uwe Behrmann]

This is a request to exchange <> against "" in the public OpenEXR headers.


The header files distributed with OpenEXR include each other with the 

  //OpenEXR header file
  #include <name_of_other_exr_header.h>

sheme. Thus the compiler searches in the global include search paths for 
the files. With this variant I need to fully specify the path on the 
compile line, which is extra work. I come with CinePaint compilation 
regularily around this stone, and users as well. But I think the OpenEXR 
headers should see each the other in a private sense and not a global 
one.


Using "" instead would lead to searching in local paths:

  // OpenEXR header file
  #include "name_of_other_exr_header.h"

Now the compiler finds the other OpenEXR headers from a base include 
path. There can reside many subdirectories which will be recognized, like 
for OpenEXR, FL (FLTK) or libexif. 
Thus one could simply include like follows in an application:

  // my fancy app
  #include <OpenEXR/ImfRgbaFile.h>

+ use one base include path on the compiler line and everything just 
works.


regards
Kai-Uwe Behrmann
                                + development for color management 
                                + imaging / panoramas
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