Re: [boost] #include <boost/...> to #include "boost/..." transition?

From: Pete Becker (petebecker_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-20 14:34:25

At 12:19 PM 7/20/2002 -0700, Noel Yap wrote:
>IIRC, the difference between #include <> and #include
>"" is that the latter will check the directory of the
>includer for the included file before checking the
>include path.

That's what many implemenations do, although the language definition 
doesn't require it. But note that there are two variations that are both 
described that way. In the first, the 'includer' is the source file being 
compiled. In the second, the 'includer' is the file that contained the 
#include directive, which could be an include file located in a different 
directory from the source file being compiled.

src\test.cpp:
     #include "sample.h"

src\header.h:
     // ...

include\sample.h:
    #include "header.h"

include\header.h:
     // ...

Under the first model, test.cpp will get the contents of src\header.h. 
Under the second it will get the contents of include\header.h.

        -- Pete

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