GOB in source tree?

[Aaron Lehmann <aaronl@vitelus.com>]

I am wondering why it is necessary to include GOB in the source tree.
Can't the generated C[++] files be included along with the GOB files so
that the C[++] files are compiled but the GOB files are there in case you
want to hack them, for which you need GOB? It would make the build process
significantly shorter to include the generated source and not have to
build and run GOB. I know that many programs that use YACC ship the
generated source so yacc is not required, why is this any different?

Thanks,
Aaron Lehmann