Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!inria!shapiro
From: shapiro@inria.UUCP (Marc Shapiro)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: C++ source file names
Message-ID: <593@inria.UUCP>
Date: 18 Dec 87 09:44:20 GMT
Organization: INRIA, Rocquencourt. France
Lines: 11
Keywords: .C versus .c


There is a proposal (by the FSF people) to use the .C (capital C) extension
to name C++ source files, instead of .c.  This should make a few things more
efficient (e.g. choosing editor modes) and would allow to mix C and C++
sources in a non-confusing way.

I think the idea is perfectly reasonable, if ATT adopts it.  The distributed
CC could be prepared to accept either .c or .C in order not to break any
exisiting programs, but future programs should only use the .C extension.

What do you think?