[gmpi] Re: conventions opinions

On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 10:48:36PM +0100, Koen Tanghe wrote:
> On Monday, March 07, 2005 5:49 AM [GMT+1=CET],
> Tim Hockin <xxxthockin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 09:28:51PM -0700, Mike Berry wrote:
> >> I would prefer that we not have files with .inl and .tpl extensions.
> >> These should be .h or .hpp (whichever we choose) with appropriate names.
> >> This way they are recognized as standard header file types.
> >
> > 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".

If C++ were really about information hiding, there would be a way to
hide private members :)



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