Re: how to separate a class code to different files?

From:
"Jim Langston" <tazmaster@rocketmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Tue, 23 May 2006 21:15:47 -0700
Message-ID:
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"key9" <iamkey9@126.com> wrote in message
news:e50ji3$s56$1@news.yaako.com...

Hi all
I wrote:

#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

class BaseNode
{
public:
 void return_message(string );
};

void BaseNode::return_message(string str)
{
std::cout << str;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   string a = "dasdasd";
   BaseNode test;
   test.return_message(a);

   system("PAUSE");
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

// ok this can pass compile but when I want to separated code to .h
files:
//******************* main.cpp
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

#include "BaseNode.h

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   string a = "dasdasd";
   BaseNode test;
   test.return_message(a);

   system("PAUSE");
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

//******************* basenode.h
#ifndef BASENODE_H_
#define BASENODE_H_

class BaseNode
{
public:
 void return_message(string );
};

#endif //BASENODE_H_

//******************* basenode.cpp


#include "basenode.h"

#include <string>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;


This is EVIL in a header. There are times using namespace std can cause
problems. If it's in a .cpp file at least you can see it and fix it. In a
header you have to search for it. Better would be
using std::cout

void BaseNode::return_message(string str)
{
std::cout << str;
}

//this can not pass compile : 5 D:\a\testclass\BaseNode.cpp `BaseNode' has
not been declared

this confuse exist on my other post on compile ,cause undefined reference
to foo::foo() but when I move foo's implement to .h file , error gone.

so how to organize a class's .h and .cpp file?

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