On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Michael Matz <m...@suse.de> wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, 28 Aug 2012, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > >> > Or do we have a rule than any file using C++ specific feature should >> > be renamed from *.c to *.cc at the moment the C++ feature goes inside? >> >> We do not have such a rule and I would not recommend it. I think we >> should rename all the files at once at some point. > > That has implications on things like > svn blame file.cc@somerevision > in case somerevision was before that rename. So I'm not sure we should > rename the files. I see disadvantages but no real advantages.
*New* files should probably get the canonical extensions (e.g. .cc), but I don't see much being accomplished by mass renaming existing. I would rather see their *contents* improved first. -- Gaby
