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Re: Trace variables documentation

 

John,

I merged your patch.

Thanks,

Wayne

On 11/26/2018 11:39 AM, John Beard wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 2:06 PM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> I did it so I didn't have to grep the entire source tree to find
>> the trace string.
> 
> Indeed!
> 
>> I can see the utility of adding the strings to the trace variable docs.
>>  I agree that digging through the source file can be time consuming.
> 
> I have added these in the attached patch, and linked to the source
> from the testing.md dev docs. (This patch is contingent on the zoom
> patches).
> 
>> I'm not opposed to defining the doxygen group markers in place but my
>> guess is devs will not be consistent about it so the trace_helpers
>> header file will ensure they get added to the group.  That is one of the
>> reasons I started merging them into a single file.  That process is not
>> complete.
> 
> Whatever keeps maintenance simpler is best, IMO. I was just noting
> that it is not required to define things together to document
> together. Will all masks, even in the 3D plugin, which has its own
> large set, be in the common include?
> 
>> I doubt that compiling will become a huge issue but I could be wrong
>> about that.
> 
> For now, certainly, it's not a massive issue, especially if you touch
> libcommon or Git and invoke a re-link anyway!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> John
> 


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