[aspectc-user] Separation of advice declaration and definition

[Olaf Spinczyk]

On Wednesday, 13. February 2002 16:54, you wrote:
> Does the syntax allow the separation of the declaration and definition of
> an advice (if those are the correct words). For example I have
>
> aspect Asp
> {
> 	pointcut p() = ....;
> 	advice p(): before()
> 	{
> 		....;
> 	}
> };
>
> Can I do something like
>
> aspect Asp
> {
> 	pointcut p() = ....;
> 	advice p(): before();
>
> };
>
> advice Asp::p() : Asp::before()
> {
> 	...;
> }
>
> I tried this and it did not generate errors, but it also did not generate
> any aspect code.

This is not supported yet. It works only for introductions.

> On a separate issue, I am running in a cross platform situation editing
> files on a Windows platform, compiling with ac++ on a linux platform and
> finally building the application on the windows platform again.  If I edit
> one of the header files in my application and then compile with ac++, when
> I go back to my editor it warns me that the header file has been modified
> by another process (presumably the compile).  I assumed at first that ac++
> was touching the source file for some reason, but when I examine the
> properties of the file the modified date does not appear to have changed. 
> Have you any idea what might be going on?  It is not a major issue but is a
> bit annoying.

No idea, ac++ should only read the input files if you invoke it with "-p <in> 
<out>". But it's a complicated configuration. It could have to do with VMWare 
and the "remote" file access.

Olaf