Class Hierarchy Graphs

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 3/29/15 4:24 AM, w0rp wrote:
> I just added a module dependency graph generator by following a similar
> process to the library which I used for class hierarchies. I'd be
> willing to bet that Andrei wants to apply it to Phobos, and that is
> indeed a thing that can be done.
>
> There's an example on GitHub, and the readme explains how to run it. The
> example outputs... this. (Try not to scream.)
>
> https://i.imgur.com/Af4RKuc.png
>
> So like you might expect for Phobos. Everything importing everything
> else, just about. I have a few comments on this.

Not screaming, it's as expected :o). This tool will be of good help for 
weeding some dependencies out.

One other informative graph that should be much easier to generate is 
the direct imports graph (no transitivity).

I should add that removing dependencies for Phobos should be approached 
with due consideration. It shouldn't be a goal in and of itself; users 
don't care for it. It does have positive effects such as easier 
debugging of the compiler that need to be appraised.

[snip
> As an aside, ModuleInfo has been undocumented forever, as far as I can
> tell. Would it be possible to get some documentation for ModuleInfo up
> on the site? I've been figuring out how to use it just by reading
> object_.d. If it was documented, someone else would have probably
> written this stuff I'm writing by now already, because it's really
> simple code.

We should, and maybe we can take this opportunity to define it well. 
Once it's documented, it sets the stage for backward compatibility.


Andrei