Originally published at: Never Trust the Software Guys: Only developers can prevent Header Path pollution - Patterns in the Machine
Shameless paraphrased from the Smokey Bear Wildfire Prevention campaign slogan: “Only You Can Prevent Wildfires”. Only developers can prevent Header Path pollution. What is Header Path pollution? Header Path pollution is when your build scripts have to specify dozens of directory paths so that the C/C++ compiler can find the header files named in your…