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This directory is intended for project header files.
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A header file is a file containing C declarations and macro definitions
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to be shared between several project source files. You request the use of a
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header file in your project source file (C, C++, etc) located in `src` folder
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by including it, with the C preprocessing directive `#include'.
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```src/main.c
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#include "header.h"
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int main (void)
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{
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...
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}
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```
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Including a header file produces the same results as copying the header file
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into each source file that needs it. Such copying would be time-consuming
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and error-prone. With a header file, the related declarations appear
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in only one place. If they need to be changed, they can be changed in one
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place, and programs that include the header file will automatically use the
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new version when next recompiled. The header file eliminates the labor of
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finding and changing all the copies as well as the risk that a failure to
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find one copy will result in inconsistencies within a program.
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In C, the convention is to give header files names that end with `.h'.
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Read more about using header files in official GCC documentation:
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* Include Syntax
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* Include Operation
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* Once-Only Headers
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* Computed Includes
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https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/cpp/Header-Files.html
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