Re: Proposal for automatic generation of c++ header files

[Paul Koning <paul_koning at dell dot com>]

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> 2) I like headers because they are specifications (they aren't, but
> what can I do if one believe so? nothing).

I think that's a matter of opinion, and language-specific as well.  C is such a loose language that applying the notion of "specification" is hard.  Ada is quite another story.  From what little I know of it, I would go along with the Ada experts' comments.

And as an implementer of large C/C++ based embedded systems, I tend to the view that, while some programmers don't think of headers as specifications, they should, and doing so is helpful to achieving high quality.

	paul