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C++ #include <cstdlib> and #include <cstdio>

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  • 09-03-2013 2:49pm
    #1
    Not Easy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46 ✭


    Im working through a book (Beginning C++ for dummies) as practice for learning the language in college.

    The author begins the programmes with the following:
    #include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>

    None of my lecturer`s notes to date have included the above.

    Are these C libraries? If so, Is it not bad practice officially, to be using C stuff in C++?


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    Anima
    Registered Users Posts: 3,945 ✭✭✭Anima


    It's probably better to avoid using C stuff as there will be better alternatives (better as in fit better with C++). I wouldn't worry to much about includes anyway. If you're not using anything in those files then just omit them.


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    Colonel Panic
    Registered Users Posts: 2,022 ✭✭✭Colonel Panic


    They're C style libraries, but they're still considered part of the C++ standard library according to all of the docs.

    I don't think using C style IO in C++ is bad practice at all by the way, there are drawbacks but none of them are style or code quality related.


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