Lib? information about the header files.

[Bert]

Hello,

Where can I find good information about who to interpret information from
headers of liberaries?

Thanks a lot.

 

[Chris Johnson]

Hello,

Where can I find good information about who to interpret information from
headers of liberaries?

I don't usually find reading header files to be terribly profitable. At
least not if there is better/more complete documentation to be found.
Usually the distributors of libraries provide documentation, which is
almost always readily accessible via a Google search.

If you're using Unix, some come with man pages or info docs.

 

[Bert]

But is it not essential that you know you to get information from there?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Johnson" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: Lib? information about the header files.

 

[Chris Johnson]

But is it not essential that you know you to get information from there?

While self-knowledge is certainly something to aspire to, I suspect
Google works just as well for those that have not acheived it as for
those that have. (Also, please don't top post.)

 

[Al Balmer]

But is it not essential that you know you to get information from there?

From where? What are you talking about?
http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html

 

[Bert]

From where? What are you talking about?
http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html

Thanks for your information but I just new.

Now the problem is that I started programming with modula2 and their you
read the header (they call defenition files) and then with some knowledge of
the language then you write very quickly program's.
But know I will like to study c/c++ I can't get out information from the
headers.

Thanks.

 

[Al Balmer]

Thanks for your information but I just new.

Now the problem is that I started programming with modula2 and their you
read the header (they call defenition files) and then with some knowledge of
the language then you write very quickly program's.
But know I will like to study c/c++ I can't get out information from the
headers.

That depends on who wrote the headers, and what their intended use is.
If you're referring to the header files that come with a typical C
implementation, Chris is probably right - they aren't very useful.
They are usually complex, concentrate entirely on getting the job done
rather than explaining how it's done, and the implementation's
documentation should be much more useful.

However, when you are writing your own library code, many people
(including me) look on the header files as the place to document the
usage of the library functions. Ideally, the user shouldn't have to
worry about the actual implementation of your library functions. He
only needs the prototypes and sufficient information to use them.

 

[CBFalconer]

.... snip ...

Now the problem is that I started programming with modula2 and
their you read the header (they call defenition files) and then
with some knowledge of the language then you write very quickly
program's. But know I will like to study c/c++ I can't get out
information from the headers.

If the headers are well written you can. They should describe the
purpose and action of the routines they declare.

 

[Bert]

If the headers are well written you can. They should describe the
purpose and action of the routines they declare.

Oké thanks for helping.