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This chapter illustrates feature dependencies. Besides showing scenarios where feature dependencies may lead to problems during maintenance (e.g., a maintenance in one feature breaks the behavior of other features), we assess to what extent these problems may occur in practice. To do so, we count the number of feature dependencies in \(43\) preprocessor-based real families and product lines.
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We do not use TaRGeT in our evaluation because very few features use preprocessors. The majority of the features are implemented with components and aspects.
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Ribeiro, M., Borba, P., Brabrand, C. (2014). Feature Dependencies. In: Emergent Interfaces for Feature Modularization. SpringerBriefs in Computer Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11493-4_3
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