Re: [Boost-users] graph class creation???

From: Doug Gregor (dgregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-27 10:46:09

On Feb 17, 2006, at 7:27 PM, Alejandro Aragón wrote:

> Hi, I've been using the graph library for a while now.  I was finally
> able to run my first Kruskal's algorithm adapted to my own problem.
> I am not a expert in C++ so I would like to ask something.  I was 
> taught
> that you should keep the definitions in one file and the declarations 
> in
> another file.  Well, working with the boost graph lirary, do we have to
> do this as well????  It doesn't make sense to me to do this since I am
> already working with the headers of the boost graph library to have the
> declarations in a .h file.  Therefore, I just created a file graph.cxx
> where I put the particular implementation that I'm using, the
> definitions of my own graph properties and so on.  Is this correct?

If you need the definitions of your graph in a file other than 
graph.cxx, move them to a header. Generally, the more you can put in 
.cxx files the better.

        Doug