Re: test_main.cpp (was Review: Function library)

From: Jerome Lecomte (jlecomte_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-06-14 13:01:17

Lakos book discusses it in "Large Scale C++ System Design" as a major 
design rule (chapter 3, MDR 3, p.110 according to 
http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~eke/cLang/guide/Lakos/major.html)

JL

--- In boost_at_y..., Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_a...> wrote:
>  >In my own programs, as a matter of style I include the 
corresponding
>  >header first, before any standard headers. This helps make sure 
you don't 
> 
>  >forget to include it, and also provides a rudimentary "does this 
header
>  >include enough things to stand alone" check. I'd like to suggest 
it was a 
> 
>  >standard practice for Boost as well.
> 
> Interesting.  I don't remember ever hearing any suggested practice 
for 
> ordering of #includes.  Do you have a simple example of an error 
your 
> suggestion would detect?  I think I understand your rationale, but 
an 
> example might help.
> 
> --Beman