Include files for libdap
Guidelines for including headers
In our code that uses libdap, we should make sure to prefix the libdap headers that are included with
libdap/
like this:
#include <libdap/BaseType>
This is because some of the names used by the libdap headers are also used by C++ or the STL or are close enough to those names to cause problems with various software development tools.
It's best to use double quotes for headers from within a project and angle brackets for those from outside the project. So, use angle brackets with libdap headers in the BES code; use double quotes for BES headers in the BES code.
Group headers like this:
- First include "config.h"
- Then system headers
- Then C/C++ library headers
- Then libraries (like libdap)
- Then BES headers
Never include
config.h
in a header that will be installed (which is essentially every header).
Minimise headers included in other headers.
Never put
using namespace xxx
in a header - it's a great way to cut down on the wordiness of an implementation (.cc) but in a header it will introduce that using statement to all of the code that directly or indirectly includes the header.
