Question

I have a large C++ file (SS.cpp) which I decided to split in smaller files so that I can navigate it without the need of aspirins. So I created

SS_main.cpp
SS_screen.cpp
SS_disk.cpp
SS_web.cpp
SS_functions.cpp

and cut-pasted all the functions from the initial SS.cpp file to them.

And finally I included them in the original file :

#include "SS_main.cpp"
#include "SS_screen.cpp" 
#include "SS_disk.cpp" 
#include "SS_web.cpp"
#include "SS_functions.cpp"

This situation remains for some months now , and these are the problems I’ve had :

• The Entire Solution search (Shift-Ctrl-F in VS) does not search in the included files, because they are not listed as source files.

• I had to manually indicate them for Subversion inclusion.

Do you believe that including source files in other sources is an accepted workaround when files go really big ? I should say that splitting the implemented class in smaller classes is not an option here.

Answer 1

Don’t include cpp files in other files. You don’t have to define every class function in one file, you can spread them across multiple files. Just add them individually to the project and have it compile all of them separately.