[ANSWERED] Include Files

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This code guru, so, my two pennies
GCC compiler and it's smaller brother MingW which comes with my Qt Creator has this to say about the preprocessor directive #include:
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#include <file>
This variant is used for system header files. It searches for a file named file in a standard list of system directories. You can prepend directories to this list with the -I option (see Invocation).
#include "file"
This variant is used for header files of your own program. It searches for a file named file first in the directory containing the current file, then in the quote directories and then the same directories used for <file>. You can prepend directories to the list of quote directories with the -iquote option. [/quote]
Therefore, in my case, using Qt Creator with MingW, all none standard headers will be referenced with "..." . A compiler may not necessarily follow the paths as outlined in MSDN, unless I explicitly instruct my compiler to do so. (I am too lazy to do that)

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Good point, Taamalus.
C++ standards are sometimes (very) far from our real life.
The given environment determines the binding documentation, no matter how standards compliant it is.

This problem is reflected in the acronym "RTFM":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM ;)

andre

[quote author="Wolf P." date="1294651634"]Good point, Taamalus.
C++ standards are sometimes (very) far from our real life.
The given environment determines the binding documentation, no matter how standards compliant it is.

This problem is reflected in the acronym "RTFM":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM ;)[/quote]
So, I guess the correct answer to RTFM then, is to ask RWFM?

(the "W" standing for "Which")

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For Qt, /I/ havn't read it nor searched for it ;)
But regarding my current main development environment, I have found that neither I nor my colleagues have read it early enough.

When working with Qt Creator, you should consult one of the documentations of /MinGW/ or /Visua Studio/, depending on your software installation.

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[quote author="Andre" date="1294653747"][quote author="Wolf P." date="1294651634"]This problem is reflected in the acronym "RTFM":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM ;)[/quote]
So, I guess the correct answer to RTFM then, is to ask RWFM?

(the "W" standing for "Which")

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That of the compiler(s) you use. As far as I know the popular ones tend to behave quite similar on include paths.

[EDIT: correct quotes]

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There are two options, right?
If there are online versions, can anybody post the appropriate links to GCC and MSVC?

Panke

"GCC Handbook":http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.1.2/gcc/index.html#Top

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Wolf P.: You only use two compilers? You are lucky then!

Also note that the behavior of the compiler can change between versions (even though it should not change for fundamental things like include path handling:-).

giesbert

"MSDN for MSVS":http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/36k2cdd4(VS.80).aspx

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If you have more, please add them to the "Learning/Links and Material":http://developer.qt.nokia.com/wiki/Category:Learning::LinksAndMaterial page of the wiki

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[quote author="Tobias Hunger" date="1294679366"]Wolf P.: You only use two compilers? You are lucky then![/quote] How many compilers do you use?
BTW: this sounds like a suggestion for one of our next polls ;)