On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 03:05:29PM -0500, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > The more common practice is to use extern declarations in the header, and > define the data > in a *.cpp file. > > > Why are you doing this?
*If* it's only used there, I think he simply wanted to put aside a big definition block away from code. If these are a lot of definitions, having to declare a lot of them *and* define them is almost a code duplication. IIRC it's the same with font data. If that's the case nothing prohibit putting them in a .cpp file and *including* it rather than linking it; i.e. just rename the file to avoid getting it included. Otherwise put a magic ifdef so the compile fails if it's not included by that cpp files. Anyway IIRC since double definitions in C++ are forbidden even if identical link should fail (but I'd test this before relying on it:D) -- Lorenzo Marcantonio Logos Srl _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
