[prog] [C/C++] what to put in header files.

[Laurel Fan]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 10:27:43AM +0200, Dan Richter wrote:
> Sometimes at the beginning teachers tell students to write header files 
> like this:
> 
> #ifndef FOO_H
> #define FOO_H
> 
> /* Interface stuff here. */
> 
> #include "foo.c"
> #endif

I don't get it... how is that simpler than

foo.h:
#ifndef FOO_H
#define FOO_H

/* Interface stuff here. */

#endif

foo.c:
#include "foo.h"

?

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