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Subject:RE: help: tips from c++ api writers From:"walden miller" <wmiller -at- vidiom -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 5 Apr 2001 13:30:54 -0600
Just a few notes:
> C++, OTOH, stores information about the class in the
> header file (.h) and the implementation (mostly) for the
> class goes in the source file (.c, .cpp, etc. depending
> on the compiler). When you compile c++ code, the
> implementation goes to neverneverland; the header file
> remains in plain text. <TIC> That's why *real* c++
> programmers don't need no stinkin' reference docs!</TIC>
> ;-) They can always browse the header files to see
> what the library includes.
This depends on the programmer and the style used by the company.
I have a number of client programmers that stuff everything into the .cpp
file.
So once its compiled there is no trace of the declarations...
> While Java, with a few exceptions, follows a one-class/
> one-file model, I've seen upwards of 200 classes declared
> in a single header file.
Again, you can declare as many classes as you want in a single .cpp file as
well; it's just not very nice or manageable.
People aren't (typically) forced into bad programming practices, but
writer's have to put up with them:-)
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