Re: Minimizing Compile Time Dependencies

<gatescope@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't know if the only way around it, is for the developer to
> enforce a coding rule not to modify the signature of a class unless he
> is willing to recompile his entire application.....

Language-aware incremental build tools, such as the compiler in Eclipse,
are capable of dealing with this and doing incremental builds.
Otherwise, yes you rebuild the entire application.

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