New style header files?

[Protoman]

I have this file: example.hpp
Will Dev-Cpp (or any other compiler) accept this?: #include "cexample"
Thanks!!!

[W Marsh]

Re: New style header files?

On 3 Dec 2005 13:45:29 -0800, "Protoman" <Protoman2050@g mail.com>
wrote:
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>I have this file: example.hpp
>Will Dev-Cpp (or any other compiler) accept this?: #include "cexample"
>Thanks!!![/color]

If the file cexample exists! What does example.hpp have to do with it?

#include does exactly what it says on the tin.

[Andre Kostur]

Re: New style header files?

W Marsh <wayneDOTmarshA TgmailDOTcom@> wrote in
news:9n44p19vj1 3k74ofk0c8bogfp g5jldmnef@4ax.c om:
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> On 3 Dec 2005 13:45:29 -0800, "Protoman" <Protoman2050@g mail.com>
> wrote:
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>>I have this file: example.hpp
>>Will Dev-Cpp (or any other compiler) accept this?: #include "cexample"
>>Thanks!!![/color]
>
> If the file cexample exists! What does example.hpp have to do with it?
>
> #include does exactly what it says on the tin.
>[/color]

The OP is probably getting confused with what:
#include <string.h>
and
#include <cstring>

Have to do with each other, and does it apply to user-supplied include
files (such as example.hpp).

Answer is... no, if you don't supply a file extension on the #include
statment, the compiler (or at least no compiler that I am aware of) will
not automatically add _anything_ to the filename. It will attempt to
include exactly the name you specified.

[Protoman]

Re: New style header files?


Andre Kostur wrote:[color=blue]
> W Marsh <wayneDOTmarshA TgmailDOTcom@> wrote in
> news:9n44p19vj1 3k74ofk0c8bogfp g5jldmnef@4ax.c om:
>[color=green]
> > On 3 Dec 2005 13:45:29 -0800, "Protoman" <Protoman2050@g mail.com>
> > wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >>I have this file: example.hpp
> >>Will Dev-Cpp (or any other compiler) accept this?: #include "cexample"
> >>Thanks!!![/color]
> >
> > If the file cexample exists! What does example.hpp have to do with it?
> >
> > #include does exactly what it says on the tin.
> >[/color]
>
> The OP is probably getting confused with what:
> #include <string.h>
> and
> #include <cstring>
>
> Have to do with each other, and does it apply to user-supplied include
> files (such as example.hpp).
>
> Answer is... no, if you don't supply a file extension on the #include
> statment, the compiler (or at least no compiler that I am aware of) will
> not automatically add _anything_ to the filename. It will attempt to
> include exactly the name you specified.[/color]

Then can I name the file "cexample"? and it'll work?

[Rolf Magnus]

Re: New style header files?

Protoman wrote:
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>> The OP is probably getting confused with what:
>> #include <string.h>
>> and
>> #include <cstring>
>>
>> Have to do with each other, and does it apply to user-supplied include
>> files (such as example.hpp).
>>
>> Answer is... no, if you don't supply a file extension on the #include
>> statment, the compiler (or at least no compiler that I am aware of) will
>> not automatically add _anything_ to the filename. It will attempt to
>> include exactly the name you specified.[/color]
>
> Then can I name the file "cexample"? and it'll work?[/color]

Yes.

[BobR]

Re: New style header files?


Protoman wrote in message
<1133657135.460 215.16030@g49g2 000cwa.googlegr oups.com>...[color=blue]
>
>Then can I name the file "cexample"? and it'll work?[/color]

Did you try it?
(BTW: sex is spelled s e x, not c e x.)

You can name the file "myfunkybutt.so meslinkyextensi on" and do:
#include "myfunkybutt.so meslinkyextensi on"

Dev-C++ uses the MinGW port of GCC. Read the GCC docs to see which file
extensions have special meaning.
Look in the '*\include' directory for the 'C' headers.
Look in the '*\include\c++\ <ver. number (3.3.1)>" for the 'C++' headers.
Go to the C++ includes directory and open the "cstring' header, you'll see
it refer to the 'string.h' C header, and do some stuff to make it work in C++
(if needed).

--
Bob R
POVrookie

[Andre Kostur]

Re: New style header files?

"Protoman" <Protoman2050@g mail.com> wrote in
news:1133657135 .460215.16030@g 49g2000cwa.goog legroups.com:
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>
> Andre Kostur wrote:[color=green]
>> W Marsh <wayneDOTmarshA TgmailDOTcom@> wrote in
>> news:9n44p19vj1 3k74ofk0c8bogfp g5jldmnef@4ax.c om:
>>[color=darkred]
>> > On 3 Dec 2005 13:45:29 -0800, "Protoman" <Protoman2050@g mail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>I have this file: example.hpp
>> >>Will Dev-Cpp (or any other compiler) accept this?: #include
>> >>"cexample" Thanks!!!
>> >
>> > If the file cexample exists! What does example.hpp have to do with
>> > it?
>> >
>> > #include does exactly what it says on the tin.
>> >[/color]
>>
>> The OP is probably getting confused with what:
>> #include <string.h>
>> and
>> #include <cstring>
>>
>> Have to do with each other, and does it apply to user-supplied
>> include files (such as example.hpp).
>>
>> Answer is... no, if you don't supply a file extension on the #include
>> statment, the compiler (or at least no compiler that I am aware of)
>> will not automatically add _anything_ to the filename. It will
>> attempt to include exactly the name you specified.[/color]
>
> Then can I name the file "cexample"? and it'll work?
>[/color]

Yes, but I'd wonder why you'd want to have an extensionless file....
it's generally handy to konw if a source file is intended to be used as
a header file or not..