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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: C++ file extensions (was Re: qt-copy updated)
From:       Malte Starostik <malte () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-09-01 3:02:24
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Am Freitag, 31. August 2001 11:44 schrieb Simon Hausmann:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 11:26:49PM +0200, Martijn Klingens wrote:
> > - .cpp seems to be a bit more portable to non-Unix platforms when it
> > comes to out-of-the-box support without tweaking settings
>
> LOL :) I doubt a file extension influences the portability at all ;-)
>
> > Argument against:
> >
> > - .cc looks (arguably) cooler.
>
> I prefer .cc as well ;-)
>
> > Still, I personally would like to have extensions in KDE to be the same
> > everywhere. And while we're on it: it would also be nice if the name of a
> > file resembles the class inside it (kapp.h, anyone?). These two issues
> > would make it easier to guess file names without doing a search first,
> > which can't be a bad thing for productivity.
>
> I don't think it's worth to start big renaming actions in the CVS to turn
> all .cc's into .cpp or something. But that's just me :)
Michael's argument about patches against the old file name fail etc. made me 
consider this too :)
Maybe it's really not worth it...

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Malte Starostik
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