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encouraged to include keywords in the subject like "thread",
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"review", and "CVS" to aid message filtering.</p>
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+<p><b>Why do Boost headers have a .hpp suffix rather than .h or none at all?</b>
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+File extensions communicate the "type" of the file, both to humans and
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+to computer programs. The '.h' extension is used for C header files, and
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+therefore communicates the wrong thing about C++ header files. Using no
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+extension communicates nothing and forces inspection of file contents to
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+determine type. Using '.hpp' unambiguously identifies it as C++ header file, and
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+works well in actual practice. (Rainer Deyke)</p>
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