C++ File Naming Conventions Poll
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Oct. 31st, 2007 | 08:57 pm
Dear LazyWeb,
Please provide insight :)
I am wondering what the common beliefs are regarding C++ file extensions. To come up with an answer I have decided to take a poll (which will not only be unscientific, but probably biased to those who care enough to hit a submit button).
If you can not see the poll then you are not viewing this post on Livejournal (so go see the original post).
This has nothing to do with MySQL... though I am sure more then a few of our developers have an opinion on this :)
Please provide insight :)
I am wondering what the common beliefs are regarding C++ file extensions. To come up with an answer I have decided to take a poll (which will not only be unscientific, but probably biased to those who care enough to hit a submit button).
What file extension should be used for C++ include files?
.h (you suck, this should be c)
10(55.6%)
.hpp
3(16.7%)
.hh
3(16.7%)
.h++
0(0.0%)
.hxx
2(11.1%)
What file extension should be used for C++ source files?
.cc
9(47.4%)
.cpp
10(52.6%)
.c++
0(0.0%)
More polls on squirrels?
Doom!
9(64.3%)
Cowboyneal!
5(35.7%)
If you can not see the poll then you are not viewing this post on Livejournal (so go see the original post).
This has nothing to do with MySQL... though I am sure more then a few of our developers have an opinion on this :)
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iamo
date: Nov. 1st, 2007 05:12 am (UTC)
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iamo
date: Nov. 1st, 2007 05:15 am (UTC)
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Template metaprogramming means that headers are no longer headers
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omnifarious
date: Nov. 1st, 2007 08:48 am (UTC)
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This is true. My usual solution for template code that's really too big for a header is to make a separate .cpp file in the header directory and to
#includeit in the header. That strategy is followed by a few other things I've seen as well.Reply | Parent | Thread
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omnifarious
date: Nov. 1st, 2007 08:25 am (UTC)
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My favorite with C++ for awhile was
.cxx, but the stupid Windows based versions of C++ all want cpp and nothing else. *sigh*Personally, even though + is a shell metacharacter I think
.c++and.h++should be used on all the systems. It would possibly teach Unix people to stop writing shell scripts that broke when filenames had shell metacharacters in them.Reply | Thread
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krow
date: Nov. 1st, 2007 08:41 am (UTC)
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omnifarious
date: Nov. 1st, 2007 08:45 am (UTC)
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Yes, I believe Visual Studio does support
.hpp. Boost using it is a really good indicator. That library tries very hard to be as cross-platform as it possibly can. It's also a really good library in general.Reply | Parent | Thread
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dblume
date: Nov. 1st, 2007 03:12 pm (UTC)
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iamo
date: Nov. 1st, 2007 04:47 pm (UTC)
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dblume
date: Nov. 1st, 2007 04:59 pm (UTC)
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nolly
date: Nov. 1st, 2007 06:57 pm (UTC)
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I've used both .cc and .cpp for source files, and don't have a preference,
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