Linked Questions

54 votes
4 answers
40k views

Possible Duplicates: [C] Header per source file. In C++ why have header files and cpp files? C++ - What should go into an .h file? Is the only reason header files exist in C so a developer can quickly ...
alex's user avatar
  • 492k
21 votes
4 answers
28k views

Possible Duplicate: In C++ why have header files and cpp files? I don't quite get C++ header files, for two conflicting reasons: I thought the purpose of header files was in general to separate ...
NoobOverflow's user avatar
  • 1,278
12 votes
3 answers
4k views

I have only just started learning C++, and I see that functions are usually declared and defined separately, for example: // Declaration void sayhi(std::string name); // Definition void sayhi(std::...
jshji's user avatar
  • 316
3 votes
1 answer
9k views

Someone asked a question similar to mine here: Function declaration inside or outside the class? Why do you just declare a function inside a .h file but not the definition, and then write the whole ...
laquishabonquiquithe3rd's user avatar
4 votes
3 answers
6k views

Possible Duplicate: In C++ why have header files and cpp files? Coming from a C# background, I find header files really annoying. Are they necessary even with C++11?
Vittorio Romeo's user avatar
2 votes
3 answers
4k views

I was wondering if it is advisable to write a the whole class c++ in a header file ? and use include to include the class, in a similar way that java does its oop programming. Is it a bad style ? can ...
George Host's user avatar
0 votes
3 answers
2k views

Possible Duplicate: In C++ why have header files and cpp files? I was reading some KDE tutorials for creating basic plasma widgets and other QT stuff. One thing that I noticed is almost all the ...
Shashwat's user avatar
  • 269
2 votes
1 answer
4k views

I wonder why recommended way is to #include<example.hpp> in example.cpp; I don't understand, how preprocessor (which seems to be quite simple program) knows that definition of methods are in ...
GingerPlusPlus's user avatar
0 votes
3 answers
578 views

Possible Duplicate: In C++ why have header files and cpp files? C++ - What should go into an .h file? All the functions/methods which are usually defined in .cpp file can be defined inline in .h ...
user avatar
0 votes
2 answers
1k views

So im trying to make a Die class and a LoadedDie class where the Die class is the base and the LoadedDie class is derived. The only difference between the 2 classes is that the roll function in the ...
ShadowViper's user avatar
1 vote
2 answers
484 views

I am a student programmer learning my first language with the book "Accelerated C++." I am at at a point where the author is explaining header files and source files containing functions. In the ...
Brandon Feist's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
415 views

When using multiple files in C++, for example: main.cpp, definition.cpp, declaration.h // declaration.h int Myfunc(); //definition.cpp #include "declaration.h" int MyFunc() {return 5;}; //...
Viktor Skarve's user avatar
-1 votes
3 answers
237 views

Possible Duplicate: In C++ why have header files and cpp files? Why in C++ is there a .h and .cpp and not only one file like c# and Java ?
Guillaume Paris's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
173 views

In C++, I've heard that you need to separate the implementation from the interface in order to reduce compile times. In this question, the answerer basically says that if you change the header then ...
M3579's user avatar
  • 910
0 votes
1 answer
253 views

I may be thinking/using header files the wrong way, but currently I'm using 1 .cpp file and the rest are all in header files. I have things like a screen which is an array of characters in a header ...
Gavin C.'s user avatar
  • 105

15 30 50 per page
1
2 3 4 5
8