Separating Functions

Separating Function Definitions Function definitions are often compiled independently in separate files. For example, all the functions declared in the standard C Library are compiled separately. One of the reasons for separating them, is “hiding the information” which means, information that is necessary for the complete compilation of the program but not essential to the programmer’s understanding of the program is hidden. In other words, the program will be easier to modify and understand if everything is broken down into chunks of information rather then one huge mess of code. Many programmers that have been programming for several years think “information hiding” facilitates the understanding and therefore the success of large software projects.” Here is an example of what I’m talking about:

//main.cpp int max(int, int); //prototype main() { int m, n; do { cin >> m >> n; cout << max(m,n) << endl; } while (m != 0); } //new file, named max.cpp //returns the larger of the two given integers: int max(int x, int y) { if (x < y) return y; else return x; }

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