From 30ebf201aca604bb4455ff27e5d07b9665d6382b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Beman Dawes <bdawes@acm.org> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:13:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added "why .hpp?" Q & A [SVN r11140] --- faq.htm | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/faq.htm b/faq.htm index 28d97f2..ffb215c 100644 --- a/faq.htm +++ b/faq.htm @@ -142,9 +142,17 @@ care about. Boost list posters are encouraged to include keywords in the subject like "thread", "review", and "CVS" to aid message filtering.</p> +<p><b>Why do Boost headers have a .hpp suffix rather than .h or none at all?</b> +File extensions communicate the "type" of the file, both to humans and +to computer programs. The '.h' extension is used for C header files, and +therefore communicates the wrong thing about C++ header files. Using no +extension communicates nothing and forces inspection of file contents to +determine type. Using '.hpp' unambiguously identifies it as C++ header file, and +works well in actual practice. (Rainer Deyke)</p> + <hr> -<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->30 July, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="21063" --> +<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->18 September, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39344" --> </p> </body> </html>