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Re: New file extension
- From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
- To: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 10:59:34 -0500
- Subject: Re: New file extension
- References: <CAAiZkiBbBe1YwUS+NP8hP-yCAZhEa-6VGXkhKLkRF3QrgWy_wA at mail dot gmail dot com> <20130729200826 dot GA31944 at virgil dot suse>
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Martin Jambor <mjambor@suse.cz> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 08:42:16AM -0500, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to suggest that new implementation files have
>> the '.cc' extension, unless they are meant to be processed
>> with a C compiler. (I am not proposing wholesale renaming.)
>>
>
> I do not care very much but I disagree. Having some files with .c
> suffix and some with .cc suffix would imply some sort of difference
> where there is going to be none. Much more confusing than C++
> compiled .c files, especially to newcomers, I suppose... and I though
> we cared about them, that's the reason why I'm writing this email. I
> will not be surprised by this myself, so I can live with it.
>
> Martin
We do care about newcomers, but with all these new projects
for refactoring, rewrites going on, I think you are worrying about
things that may start "big" now but will be vanishing as the
GCC project lives on.
-- Gaby