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diff --git a/doc/developer-notes.md b/doc/developer-notes.md index ec6abda91e..a596ea0117 100644 --- a/doc/developer-notes.md +++ b/doc/developer-notes.md @@ -425,6 +425,14 @@ Source code organization - *Rationale*: Shorter and simpler header files are easier to read, and reduce compile time +- Every `.cpp` and `.h` file should `#include` every header file it directly uses classes, functions or other + definitions from, even if those headers are already included indirectly through other headers. One exception + is that a `.cpp` file does not need to re-include the includes already included in its corresponding `.h` file. + + - *Rationale*: Excluding headers because they are already indirectly included results in compilation + failures when those indirect dependencies change. Furthermore, it obscures what the real code + dependencies are. + - Don't import anything into the global namespace (`using namespace ...`). Use fully specified types such as `std::string`. |