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<iostream.h> and <iostream>

mokermachine · 2003-04-18T21:17:44

This may sound stupid (I''m a newbie) but what is the difference between #include <iostream.h> & #include <iostream>

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Started by mokermachine April 18, 2003 06:47 PM

11 comments, last by mokermachine 21 years ago

mokermachine

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April 18, 2003 08:53 PM

Thanx for the replies. I have a related question. What type of file is iostream (not iostream.h). Is it still a header file (.h) or something else?

[edited by - mokermachine on April 18, 2003 9:58:17 PM]

kordova

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April 18, 2003 08:55 PM

If you mean what sort of files do you include, then yes #include "yourlib.h" etc.

Deyja

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April 18, 2003 09:17 PM

''iostream'' is same type of file as everything else in the language - plain text. It just has no exstension. Nowhere in the standard does it say that header files MUST have ''.h''. It quite likely suggests that you use ''.hpp'' but I''d have to look it up, and I don''t want to.

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