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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:44:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
To: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
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On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
>
> Well, I actually disagree on this.  For large include files (fs.h is the
> worst), and complicated arrangement, this technique eliminates spurious
> includes and saves a lot on compile time (really!).

Numbers please.

I'd MUCH rather just clean up the include file hierarchy than have these
kinds of non-local knowledge issues.

		Linus

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