Why do we need to add both includes and libs to the compilation?
Why doesn’t the libs wrap everything in it?
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Why do we need to add both includes and libs to the compilation?
Why doesn’t the libs wrap everything in it?
A header file (usually) only contains declarations for classes and functions. The actual implementations are built from CPP files. You can then link against those implementations with only the header declarations available.