From: James Vasile <Vasile AT IName DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: help with .h files
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 02:53:36 -0400
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Header files are places to define structures and macros, for the most
part. They get included (#include "header.h") at the top of the .cpp
files that include the actual code you're writing. At least, this is
how it is in c.  I've not done much cpp, and perhaps .h files have
functions in cpp that they don't have in c.

Peace,
-J


On Thu, 22 Jul 1999 17:09:35 GMT, manfred DOT heumann AT uni-bielefeld DOT de
(Manni Heumann) wrote:

>In article <37CECA25 AT MailAndNews DOT com>, "Psycho_Circus" <overtkill AT MailAndNews DOT com> wrote:
>>Is there any help or documentation on the .h files that come with the djgpp 
>>c++ compiler?  I'm new to c++ and do not understand exactly what the .h 
>>files 
>>do.  For example, I never would have figures out what cout or cin is w/o the 
>>c++ book I got.  How do I know what functions are in the .h files and what 
>>they do?  Thanks in advance for any help.
>>
>>- Me
>>
>
>Keep on reading! Don't stop after the first chapter.