GNU GCC compiler will compile c++ source files with both .C and.cpp extension.
Is it possible to configure Microsoft Visual Studio so that it could compile the c++ source and header files with extensions .C and .H extension respectively?
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The problem is that the Windows file system is not case-sensitive, so there's no difference between .c and .C. This means that the default C language for .c will always apply.
You cannot tell the compiler to generally treat .C files as C++, however you can tell it to treat files in a a compilation command as C++ regardless of their extension with the /TP switch.
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sa112
Does that mean it is impossible to compile with
.C extension in MVS?
Sebastian Redl
It's possible, but you have to override the compiler default by setting every file to C++ in the project options.
The command line option /TP tells the compiler to treat the source files as C++, even if the extension is something like .c.
In the IDE, you can set this as one of the project properties. Under C/C++, select Advanced Options and set the "Compile As" fields to C++.
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sa112
Does that command line option tell the MVS compiler to treat the source files with
.C extension as c++ ?