Intermediate Files?

[Bobalandi]

I see these with all kinds of source codes that I look at, what are they for?

[chemicalNova]

Intermediate files are what is produced once the preprocessor has run its course. They are files which have their include files loaded in, macros replaced, etc. So, say I have this:

Blah.h

class Blah {
    int myInt;
};

..and main.cpp

#include "Blah.h"

#define ZEROLOLZ 0

int main()
{
    return ZEROLOLZ;
}

main.i (intermediate file), is this:

class Blah {
    int myInt;
};

int main()
{
    return 0;
}

chem

[Bobalandi]

So they are pretty much useless and should be deleted, right?

[chemicalNova]

So they are pretty much useless and should be deleted, right?

Pretty much, yep. They are interesting to have a look at though.. because not all preprocessors act in the same way.

chem

[Bobalandi]

oo I think I will look, just wondering, but is it possible to incorperate them into other programs?

[chemicalNova]

Of course. They're still code.. they're just ALL code. If you include a file.. say, stdio.h, into main.cpp, main.i will have all of stdio.h's code. So, things can get pretty big..

chem