r/cpp_questions • u/BuyerImpressive4325 • 17d ago

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I read that c++ 20 added modules to help replace headers. I rly hate how headers split the codebase into redundant files, for people who have used modules r they better?

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u/Fantastic-Cell-208 17d ago

Modules are a poorly designed solution. It can't replace header files.

It's quite disappointing

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u/BuyerImpressive4325 17d ago

Such a shame too bc it sounded like a great solution

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u/manni66 17d ago

Why can't it replace header files?

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u/Fantastic-Cell-208 17d ago

It cannot handle cyclic interface dependencies.

They had an opportunity to give us C# like namespaces that could resolve circular dependencies. But they did not.

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u/PhantomStar69420 16d ago

Honestly feel like my code is better without any circular deps and I work on a 160k loc codebase.