[CMake] Re: General modernization facility

[Brandon Van Every]

On Dec 18, 2007 7:39 PM, Alexander Neundorf <a.neundorf-work at gmx.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 December 2007, Rodolfo Lima wrote:
> >
> > I think that this solution would let Kitware add disruptive features
> > with ease.
>
> This is wrong. This would mean that the old buggy behaviour in the code would
> have to stay in an if(version==2.4.7) block, and next to it the fixed block
> for newer versions. This is not maintainable.

The maintainability would depend on the codebase.  In some cases it
would be easy, in others hard or impossible.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every