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Article #1429Re: RESULTS: C++ file extension survey
From: Steve Berczuk
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 17:20
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 17:20
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One issue I haven't seen raised in this discussion (but which has arisen multiple times in work situations where we are trying to decide on project-wide standards for naming is file name length limitations. in a unix environment, you often want to be portable to system V systems which have a file name limit of somethinglike 15 characters. you also want to have reasonably descriptive names. so that seems like a good reason to use .C in a unix envirinment rather than .cpp or .cc. Other platforms may have different issues. what are thoughts about this? (keep in mind that a 15 char limit really means less if you allow for a ,v for the RCS file and teh "." between file name and extension and any subsystem prefixes you might establish at your work site) -- Steve Berczuk berczuk@mit.edu MIT Center for Space Research (617) 253-3840
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Newsgroups: comp.std.c++,comp.lang.c++ Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!enterpoop.mit.edu!bloom-picayune.mit.edu!space.mit.edu!berczuk From: berczuk@space.mit.edu (Steve Berczuk) Subject: Re: RESULTS: C++ file extension survey Message-ID: <1993Jan8.172050.27017@athena.mit.edu> Sender: news@athena.mit.edu (News system) Nntp-Posting-Host: plantagenet.mit.edu Organization: MIT Center for Space Research References: <1if5q2INN8pj@tsavo.hks.com> <1993Jan7.182757.8297@wam.umd.edu> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:20:50 GMT Lines: 18