[boost] Re: Header files extention (overrides previous message)

From: Sean A Corfield (sean_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-06-01 11:20:53

Valentin Bonnard <Bonnard.V_at_[hidden]> wrote:

[> portable extension > anyway in pratice .hpp seems to be widely used and the 
best.

Fine. So it should be documented in the header policy 
(http://www.boost.org/header.htm).]

I must say I prefer .C/.H but I accept the case sensitivity argument. My 
second preference would be for .cc/.hh but if this is not accepted as default 
for every compiler then I could live with .cpp/.hpp (ISTR AIX's compiler 
required something unusual but you could force it to eat .C/.H - similarly for 
an old Digital compiler).

Whatever we pick, it should be in the header policy. I would also suggest that 
the source & header extensions are 'compatible', i.e., one of the following 
pairs:
        .cc/.hh
        .cpp/.hpp
        .cxx/.hxx

Sean

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