Re: how come #include "*.cpp" works?

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

Klaas Thoelen wrote:
> Hello *,
>
> I recently installed cygwin to freshen up my C/C++, what I didn't want 
> to do using huge programs like visual studio. It seemed to work fine 
> until I came across the following problem.
>
> I have 3 files:     datum.h
>                         datum.cpp
>                         datumprint.cpp (which has my main in it)
>
> In 'datum.cpp' I include 'datum.h' as I should, and in 'datumprint.cpp' 
> also. But this gives me compile-errors about members of my class Date 
> being undefined. However, if I include 'datum.cpp' in 'datumprint.cpp' 
> it works just fine!
>
> This seems a little strange to me. Does anybody know what's wrong here?

This isn't a Cygwin specific problem so it's off-topic for this list.
Please find a better forum for such questions.  If you feel you must
continue this discussion with a Cygwin crowd, then you can try the
cygwin-talk list.

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