Re: Extensions calling C++
| From: | Sascha Schumann | Date: | Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:03:58 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Extensions calling C++ | ||
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On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Jade Nicoletti wrote:
> I'm for .cpp
>
> Quoting from the gcc manual:
> .c C source; preprocess, compile, assemble
> .C C++ source; preprocess, compile, assemble
> .cc C++ source; preprocess, compile, assemble
> .cxx C++ source; preprocess, compile, assemble
> .m Objective-C source; preprocess, compile, assemble
> .i preprocessed C; compile, assemble
> .ii preprocessed C++; compile, assemble
>
> So, cpp is the C Preprocesor, but not the file extention of preprocessed C
Well, noone said that .cpp is the file extension of
preprocessed C. But when you deal with the build system, you
will notice that CPP always refers to the C preprocessor.
That is an ambiguity which can be avoided IMHO.
- Sascha