Thread: A major programming problem. pls help.

Hi,

I have declared a number of .cpp file and their respective .hpp files.

In actual fact, there is no object-oriented programming involved in my files. It is the typical C programming style except that I want to declare my variables anywhere within the function, thus I conveniently declare the files as .cpp.

Now the problem is that when i try to include the header files, the compiler is unable to read the implementation of the function prototypes. Can anyone pls advise me on how i should go about fixing my messy codes?

Currently, I just simply include the .cpp files in the main program file.

I hope I have painted a clear picture of my problem.

Thanks in advance!

http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1043284392

As an alternative, if your compiler provides support for the C99 standard, you could call your files .c and .h and compile with the support for C99 turned on.

> Now the problem is that when i try to include the header files, the compiler is unable to read the implementation of the function
There's no reason for it to - header files are for interfaces, not implementations.
foo.h is the interface, and you #include "foo.h" when you need something in foo.cpp
foo.cpp also has #include "foo.h", and actually implements the interface.

You then compile with something like
gcc main.cpp foo.cpp