[gmpi] Re: conventions opinions

David Olofson <david@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Monday 07 March 2005 22.48, Koen Tanghe wrote:
>> On Monday, March 07, 2005 5:49 AM [GMT+1=CET],
>> Tim Hockin <xxxthockin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> > Why do people break the inlines out of the headers?
>> 
>> Because some people want as few implementation details as possible
>> in the header, which merely declares the "interface" (not in the COM
>> sense ;-)) to your class. I guess it's a matter of "information
>> hiding".
>
> Well, that's a good point - and I generally agree with the idea of 
> keeping the documentation and the code as closely together as 
> possible. (Out-of-sync documentation is one major PITA!)
>
> But what's wrong with just putting that stuff in other headers, using 
> the standard extensions...? I don't like messing with conventions 
> that all sorts of tools - and people - rely on.

Exactly.  Nothing wrong with well-structured header files, but please
use the standard .h and .hpp extensions.
-- 
  joq

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