Renaming .c files to .cc?

[Luis Machado]

On 12/10/19 7:18 PM, Christian Biesinger via gdb wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I was wondering what people's thoughts are on renaming the .c files to
> .cc, since they are in fact C++ code? (Only for files under gdb/)

I don't have strong objections to this other than it may make things 
slightly more tedious to 'git blame' some files, as Tromey pointed out.

But i think that is excusable compared to better organization of source 
files, for what they really are (C++ files).

> 
> Advantages:
> - Easier for newcomers to see that the code is, in fact, C++
> - Editors will syntax highlight C++ keywords w/o having to be told
> that these files are C++

The above items sound like reasonable pluses.

> 
> On IRC it was mentioned that git may have issues with renames like
> that but I have found that "git log --follow" and such are doing a
> good job with that, at least as long as the same commit doesn't change
> the file too much while it is renamed, which I wouldn't expect to be a
> problem here.
> 
> Thoughts?
> Christian
>