C++20 modules question.
Let’s say I have the following code files, where ‘.ixx’ are module files.
Main.cc, A.ixx, B.ixx, ..., Z.ixx, Group.ixx
If I want to make all the files [A-Z] part of the same module, ‘TheModule’, does each file need a unique module partition name? ie:
// A.ixx
export module TheModule:A
// B.ixx
export module TheModule:B
// ...
// Z.ixx
export module TheModule:Z
// Group.ixx
export module TheModule;
export import :A;
export import :B;
// ...
export import :Z;
Is there a way for ‘.ixx’ files to declare their stuff into ‘TheModule’, without each needing to have a separate partition name? And if so, how would importing work between the various ‘.ixx’ files — how do I access the stuff from ‘A.ixx’ within ‘B.ixx’?
>Solution :
If I want to make all the files [A-Z] part of the same module, ‘TheModule’, does each file need a unique module partition name?
Yes. Any module unit that can be independently imported either is the primary module interface unit or is a module partition. In both cases, it must have a name. A unique name.
Is there a way for ‘.ixx’ files to declare their stuff into ‘TheModule’, without each needing to have a separate partition name?
No. Module includes represent a directed, acyclic graph of dependencies between files, not a hodge-podge collection of code.