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Asked: 2026-05-15T11:56:10+00:00

I’ve seen this done before in various C++ libraries – namely Qt (QtCore, QtGui,

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I’ve seen this done before in various C++ libraries – namely Qt (QtCore, QtGui, etc.) and Irrlicht (irrlicht.h):

// file - mylibrary.h

#include "someclass1.h"
#include "someclass2.h"
#include "someclass3.h"
// and so on...

Obviously this exists for convenience – a programmer wishing to use the library only has to include one header instead of lots of different ones. My question is, is there a special name for this type of header file? Even if there’s not an "official" name, what you you refer to it as? A "convenience header" or "module header" or something?

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  1. Editorial Team

    That’s a nice question 🙂

    I’ve found some sources that call it master header file, e.g:

    When it is used to host headers for the header precompiler, it could be called precompiler global header:

    However I don’t think that there’s a single widespread way to call it.

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