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Header vs source file

What is the difference between a header file and a source file, and what are they used for?

25th May 2017, 12:09 PM
Catherine Jones
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Headers are usually for declaring classes or functions in a namespace. Source files are for implementing and defining what you decalred in a header. This speeds up compilation times drastically, especially if you forward declare stuff in headers.
25th May 2017, 12:26 PM
aklex
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