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From: daves@hpopd.HP.COM (Dave Straker)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Prototypes style question
Message-ID: <7990021@hpopd.HP.COM>
Date: 2 Nov 90 16:21:16 GMT
References: <1990Oct30.182347.28809@arcturus.uucp>
Organization: HP PWD, Pinewood UK.
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>I would like to ask what, if any, style standard exists for the 
>distribution of prototypes within header files for a large project.
>Should my project have a single "proto.h" which comprises all of the
>global (i.e., non-static) function prototypes or should separate
>headers exist?
>----------

I'd split it by functional area. Thus for the widget handling subsystem,
use widget.h to contain all interface items to that subsystem.

Then anyone calling to widget handling includes widget.h and calls away,
references widget global data (!) etc.

Within widget.h, organise data by sub-functional area, rather than 
all prototypes, all macros, etc. This will ease reading and splitting
the file (if it comes to that).

Dave Straker
Hewlett Packard - PWD divn