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NeroAngelo
NeroAngelo

Reputation: 25

Should this library file actually be in the header files instead?

I got this flowchart from a book on C.

the flowchart

I get the differences between headers and libraries, however in my understanding shouldn't header files be the code before compilation and not library files.I still don't understand this flowchart 100%. Is it wrong or am I the one wrong here?

EDIT: The name of the book is "Introduction to C Programming" by "Reema Thareja"

Upvotes: 2

Views: 95

Answers (2)

Antti Haapala -- Слава Україні
Antti Haapala -- Слава Україні

Reputation: 133879

What the picture could mean is that the source files or headers that you #include are also an essential part of libraries.

Also, a header in the C standard terminology is reserved for something that comes from the system and need not be a file; if you have a your own file that you #include, then that too is called a source file.

Upvotes: 2

Dominique
Dominique

Reputation: 17493

It looks like you are right: the ones in red (the one below too) should be header files.

Upvotes: 2

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