header files

From: mike ttoouli (mttoouli_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/04/04 

Date: 4 Apr 2004 13:49:22 -0700

Hi

I'm a little confused about the reason for using both header and cpp
files in a project. As all code can be written in the header file
itself, why use cpp files at all?

I can see there being a redeclaration issue if a header file is
included multiple times in a large project, but can't this be
by-passed with #ifndef /#define /#endif ?

I know this is probably very bad form - can anyone tell me the reasons
for the .h / .cpp system?

thanks

mike

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