what is the file extension for an expanded source code file <after the macros expansions have been replaced in the source code> ?
i expect the expanded source code to be ".c" itself, however, YK refers to it by a ".i" extension - things in YK are hard to believe, can some1 elucidate on that
What other extensions are used wrt. to C Programming?
.h -> header
.c -> source file
.o -> object file
anything else?
objects can be .obj (on windows for example)
.lib - for libraries
.dll - for dynamic-linked libraries
.exe - for executables
.mak - for make files
.asm - for generated assemble units
.dsp - for IDE projects
.dsw - for IDE workspaces
.sln - for IDE workspaces (solutions)
.rc - for resource file scripts
etc
All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection,
except for the problem of too many layers of indirection.
– David J. Wheeler
GCC flows likes this:
program.c -> preprocesses into
program.i -> compiles into
program.s -> assembles into
program.o -> links into
program
Thank you !
> what is the file extension for an expanded source code file
Read your compiler documentation.
.c is the standard input file type, but anything which is an intermediate or output file is going to be system specific in some way.
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