[gmpi] Re: conventions opinions

  • From: "Koen Tanghe" <koen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 22:48:36 +0100

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".
Koen



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