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Re: Header file naming convention

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Steve Keller <keller@no.invalid> writes:
> For example, emacs knows it.  For some reason I don't like .cpp and
> use .cc.  Consequently, I tend to prefer .hh over .hpp.  OTOH, I'd
> prefer to not use something very unusual.  Does nobody else use .hh?

I've certainly seen code-bases that use .hh (don't recall where offhand).

Just plain .h seems very common with C++ headers though.

[Obviously the compiler doesn't care, but for Emacs, I have a little
hack that chooses c++-mode or c-mode for .h files:

   (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.h$" . c-or-c++-mode))

   (defun c-or-c++-mode ()
     "Choose c-mode or c++-mode, depending on the contents of the file."
     (interactive)
     (if (save-excursion
           (goto-char (point-min))
           (re-search-forward "\\<class\\|virtual\\|//\\|::\\>" nil t))
         (c++-mode)
       (c-mode)))

... not so clever, but it generally does the job.]

-miles

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Header file naming convention Steve Keller <keller@no.invalid> - 2011-07-05 21:03 +0200
  Re: Header file naming convention Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-07-05 19:10 +0000
  Re: Header file naming convention "Bo Persson" <bop@gmb.dk> - 2011-07-05 21:26 +0200
  Re: Header file naming convention Gert-Jan de Vos <gert-jan.de.vos@onsneteindhoven.nl> - 2011-07-05 12:44 -0700
    Re: Header file naming convention Asger-P <junk@asger-p.dk> - 2011-07-06 00:17 +0200
      Re: Header file naming convention Qi <no@no.no> - 2011-07-06 17:34 +0800
  Re: Header file naming convention Qi <no@no.no> - 2011-07-06 10:04 +0800
    Re: Header file naming convention Garrett Hartshaw <ghartshaw@gmail.com> - 2011-07-06 02:12 -0400
    Re: Header file naming convention Steve Keller <keller@no.invalid> - 2011-07-06 10:36 +0200
      Re: Header file naming convention Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2011-07-06 18:22 +0900
      Re: Header file naming convention Qi <no@no.no> - 2011-07-06 17:30 +0800

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